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My great-grandparents owned a grocer shop in Penycae in the 1890 - 1920 era and the name was Thomas Francis, and had eight children, four boys and four girls. One of their daughters married a music teacher called John C Powell ...Read more

A memory of Penycae in 1950

Grimwoods was the best ice cream in the world. It was smooth and coloured cream - delicious! They had a shop on the circle and peddled their ice cream from a Bedford van around the Davyhulme area. The shop was on the right of the detached property in picture D104001.

A memory of Davyhulme in 1955 by Peter Thorpe

I also remember Wrotham Road Centre and used to go dancing there, also the Embassy at Welling, my heart throb attended Townley Road for Girls (Sally Tollhurst), all this was around 1959 to 1962. Does anyone remember the ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1959 by Christopher Smith

I lived at no. 37 Saltergate, next door to us was Hawksworths plumbers, and the council yard was nearby, I used to watch the steam roller coming out of the yard. There was a cobblers, paper shop, food shop and Harry Fish was near the ...Read more

A memory of Chesterfield in 1957 by Rita Umney

Our family lived at Silverdale Crossings until 1959. Mother had a small sweets and general stores shop, Father worked as crossing keeper until his death in 1959, the house (now demolished) came with the job. Initially he was ...Read more

A memory of Silverdale in 1959 by Frank Hodkinson

I remember the Grammar School well - I got transferred from Mexborough Tech because I had failed my 11+ Then I actually got to TEACH at the Grammar School whena student when the music teacher was ill for a time. ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1956 by Terry Ladlow

I have many, many happy memories of the 1950s, my dad was your grandmother's brother? Reg Allen. I have memories of your granddad Joe and Ethel and the shop, they were always busy on a Saturday afternoon so I would come ...Read more

A memory of Shirehampton in 1950 by Betty Peachey

Hi to all who may read this and maybe remember my family. My father was born in Stretton in 1920 and lived next door to a Granny Coombs in the centre of the village with his mother Niome, father Jack, ...Read more

A memory of Stretton under Fosse in 1955 by Shelia Deakin

I am not a beach boy, even though we share a name. (I have not worked out how to create paragraphs,so bear with me.) My parents moved to the Beach when I was about 11 years old (around 1953) to Beach Road. We lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach in 1953 by Brian Wilson

We lived in the hamlet of Saham Waite - about a 2 mile walk for my mother with the pram and 3 older kids every time she needed some shopping. My Granny worked as a cook/housekeeper for a nearby farm and I think we got the ...Read more

A memory of Saham Toney in 1956 by Christina Kelly