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I am the great-granddaughter of Henry Wilder. I think in this photo the boats are in front of the boathouse which belonged to my family. Henry died about 1910 so it passed on to the childrem, Henry, Charlotte and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was my grandmother.

A memory of Maidenhead in 1930 by Marion Whitlock

In 1938 Wood Street village enjoyed their first Annual Flower Show . My father, Arthur Stock was a driving force in promoting this event. he was later presented with a chiming clock inscribed "Presented to Mr. Arthur ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Patricia Ryder

This boating lake has been my favorite fun thing to do when my parents took me to Lowestoft for our annual holidays. We stayed with a Mrs Hutchins who ran a small but perfect boarding-house. We always stayed with her and ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft in 1930 by Denman Lalonde

As a child who was born in 1924 I lived with my family (name of Rogers) just down stream of the bridge I attended the "Blue School"and St.Lukes Church as did all my Brothers and Sisters climbing the 100 or more steps past the ...Read more

A memory of Ironbridge in 1930 by Ethel Jones

Since about the 1960s, Child Okeford became a totally different community from the one I first got to know in the early 1930's. The Watts (Harry and Dorothy) had farmed out of Laurel Farm for many decades and ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1930 by Pauline Bullen

As far back that I can remember, it was the summer of 1934 when I first started school at St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Calcutta Road. I sat next to a friend that I had made (John Toole) Who later in life emigrated to Canada and was ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by John Ryan

I was born in July 1939 in a street with the unbelievable name of `Dog Kennel Lane` in Oldbury, now in West Midlands, can you believe that? Actually I think it was in the Langley area of Oldbury. As I was so young at the time I ...Read more

A memory of Oldbury in 1930 by Colin Waldron

I was brought up near Gostelows Boat Yard, I used to watch them building boats; mainly fishing boats. Loads of tree trunks was piled in the street; it was a dead end, it caused no inconvenience to any traffic. They had a rack ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1930 by Bob Marriott

Old Row, Golds Hill, does anybody remember the pub called The Boat on Canalside next to Old Row? I know that Old Row was pulled down in 1936 and the pub was de-licensed by 1938, that was when my grandparents lived there, the Mcdonalds, we ...Read more

A memory of Golds Green in 1930 by Malcolm Glass

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell