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One of my first memories was hiding underneath the sideboard in the dining room with silver ornaments on our heads; my sisters Judy, baby Michele and myself, Deirdre, listening ...Read more

A memory of Holywood in 1930 by Deirdre Sarnitz

I lived in Cecilia Road, Cherry Tree (1930-1945), going in the navy in 1941. Blackburn Grammar School 1935-1941. Happy memories of St. Francis Church and the Rev. Egerton Ward and family, they had a daughter called ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1930 by James Cooper

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the front ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

I was born at 8 Islwyn Terrace and have fond memories of Pontllanfraith. Playing up the Tumpee with my brother Lynn Lewis and the freedom we had as children roaming the hills before the council estate was built. ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1930 by Mary Miller Thomas

I was born in Gas Lane, Blaydon in a house on the banks of the Tyne, next to the Black Bull Pub. I spent the first five years of my life on our small-holding on Summerhill, where we had chickens, horses and pigs. I have happy ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1930

I was born on the 5th February 1930 in the cottage known as Sunnyside, Little Polgooth, the home of my grandparents William and Edith Rundle. Grandfather, was a one-time tin miner at South Polgooth mine, 5 Turnings, ...Read more

A memory of Little Bosullow in 1930 by Philip Rundle

My parents Phyllis Bramley of Falmer Road and William Davis of 1st Avenue Bush Hill Park were married in St. Andrew's Church in the 1930s and both I and my sisters were Christened in St. Andrew's Church in the late 30s and early ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1930 by Roger Davis

My father, born 1927, moved to Perivale in the 1930's when the Medway Estate was built. Used to talk about the Chinese House on Horsenden Hill where an eccentric lived. Could be childish exaggerations remembered in old age, but can anyone recall or remember being told of such a place?

A memory of Perivale in 1930 by Robert Hodges

I was born in 7 Hill Street, Garden City in 1930. I attended Hendreforgan school from 1934-1944, as did my three sisters and three brothers. Mr.Lewis was the Headmaster. On leaving school at 14 I worked for 3 years in the Britannic ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1930 by Maureen Doughty

I was born in the large house behind the van in June of 1932. At that time it was a private maternity home run by a Midwife called Nurse Bailey. My maternal grandparents lived in Plumtree Cottage, which is on the left of the photo ...Read more

A memory of Preesall in 1930 by John Isles