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My Grandma - Bertha Lanaghan - lived in Third Street for over 50 years. She made hookey rugs as big as a room from old blankets, coats, etc whatever she could get, to sell for extra money. She dyed the wool three ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Kathy Ames

All my family come from Murton, some are still there. I remember as a child going to the harbour and getting fresh crabs - they were big ones, and once one grabbed my granda`s coat and we had to free him as the claws were big too. ...Read more

A memory of Seaham by Yvonne Molineaux

I remember the day very well my dad woke us all up to tell us we would have to leave our house .. We lived @ no1 Daniel adamson ave as I looked out of my bedroom window to the right . Usually I could see over the ship canal . But all that I I ...Read more

A memory of Irlam by Tony Grey

Hi' i am tryin to trace my family' my mam was from Blackhall rocks' her name was irene topping She sadly past away in 2009' my mams sisters Were called joyce' dorothy' mary and a brother caleed Jack' they are all gone now apart ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Rocks by Janice Codd

My memories start around 1946 and go on 'forever' - but the years I want to mention here are those of my Cobridge schooldays and the Burslem connection to those schooldays. I lived on the ...Read more

A memory of Burslem in 1946 by Edward Penning

I remember Bridge Street as I grew up in Coggeshall and was 8 when this photo was taken. The pub sign on the right is for the Portobella pub, which was on the left. In the distance is the bridge over the River Blackwater ...Read more

A memory of Coggeshall in 1955 by David Clark

My mum and dad, used to own the petrol garage, and workshop, and they also lived in the bungalow next door, in Nomansland. It was in 1958 / 1959 when they moved in, and have always talked about the times they had shared ...Read more

A memory of Nomansland by david.blackhall

As a child living in Blackhall my lasting memory is playing on the beach with my sister Margaret. Moira Hughes

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Moira Coombes

This boat was called Albion, I remember her well as I spent my childhood in Cardnell's yard either sailing the family boat or fitting it out -(some of the happiest days of my life) - she was pale green, an unusual colour for a boat as ...Read more

A memory of Maylandsea

RECOLLECTIONS OF ASH VALE By Lt Col Taylor Ash Vale, viewed from the main route through it the Frimley and Ash Vale roads would not have appeared to alter a lot during the last 100 years. Houses do now ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale by nemeton2