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I was born in a house on Stoney Lane, long since demolished. I was never quite sure whether it was Sparkbrook or Sparkhill. Somehow I thought Sparkhill was 'posher'! Went to English Martyrs Primary School, followed by ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook in 1950

My mum was also born in the Nursery at West Auckland and later moved to Bishop Auckland. She has loads of memories of both places. Do you remember the matchstick bridge and getting lettuce and spring onions from the allotment ...Read more

A memory of West Auckland in 1952

Peter Twist, British test pilot flew over Elmer in 1955 and 1956. I remember our family looking up and seeing, at a height of seven miles, an aircraft flying. Then waiting for the sonic BOOM. He flew between RAF Ford airbase to ...Read more

A memory of Elmer in 1956 by Martin Newell

I'm not sure which of the wooden houses I lived in with my dad, Albert Croft and mum Clara Croft. I have a pic with me on my dad's bike and another cleaning the hens out and later getting the eggs, I was ...Read more

A memory of Staining in 1954 by Ian Croft

When I was a child my parents use to take my sister and I to Bridlington on the train from Hull for 2 weeks holiday a year. It was magic land to us. My dad was born and brought up in Flamborough but moved to ...Read more

A memory of Bridlington in 1953 by Janis Robinson

I was born in 1944 and have a very clear memory of living at 37 Coleraine Road in Hornsey and, at the age of 7 1/2 emigrated with my parents, John and Ena Ridley to New Zealand. We lived with my ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1952 by Margaret Brown

Our family lived in Spellow Lane, we went to St Lawrences School off Walton Road. We also went to St Lawrences church, Barlows Lane. My mum and dad, Flo and Harold, or Bill as he was known, Whiteside and us ...Read more

A memory of Fairfield in 1952 by Brenda Lloyd

I was head boy of St. Michael's and all Angels Church Choir between 1956 and 1960. We were a very good choir and did sing in Guildford Cathedral at a gathering of several parish choirs in the cathedral during this period. I enjoyed my ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1957 by Graham Hagley

Being born in Sowerby Bridge as a family we would often visit Ladstone Rock. I had numerous happy hours there as a young lad, picnics and gathering Bilberries' for mum to bake pies. Why did the summer days then never seem to ...Read more

A memory of Sowerby Bridge in 1951 by Barry M. Whisler

I was born in Walker 1946 to be accurate. They were slums even though the women did their best to keep them clean and rodent free. I remember my mum doing the washing in the wash-house in the back yard, she had to start a ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1959 by Jacqueline Pilgrim