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I remember having spent a few years of my childhood as an evacuee in a place called lea. The address was 4 cross cottages eccels wall lea. My sister also was with me there, it was the most memorable time of my life. The lady we lived ...Read more

A memory of Ross-on-Wye by sm.john

When I put query re `Paint Factory in Gatley, it should have been Battery Factory. When Camel Accumulators were bombed in London 1941, they came to Gatley and had a factory behind St. James church (Gatley Grenn) I kepp getting closed ...Read more

A memory of Gatley in 1980 by Vivienne Tyler

We lived on Chatsworth Road and used to walk to the Bridgewater, or on to the Mersey by the Bridge pub for a swim and to fish! Not that we ever caught anything in the Mersey. We used to also go to the Ship canel by the ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1958 by P Hilip Morris

I remember working in Redhill General as a porter under Mr Eddie Chillman. I remember the elderly patients who came in for chest illness, and had to be wheeled through the length of the hospital, and then having to lift them ...Read more

A memory of Redhill by Bryan Hall

I used to get my "Camels" from there!

A memory of Sale by Brian Saul

My husband, daughter & I moved to Capel in 1991 to live in an apartment on the top floors of Lyne House. Lyne was the country house of the Broadwood family who were very famous piano makers. The mansion is a fascinating place to live ...Read more

A memory of Capel in 1991 by Susan Lee

I would have liked to have gone back to Hawtreys as I was very happy there, but one day the Vicar came and asked mother if he could speak to me. He asked if I had got a place in mind and if I hadn't would I ...Read more

A memory of Ledsham in 1930 by George Allen

I was eleven in this year 1954 and me and the lads were by this time avid collectors of anything, tab packets was top of most lists, we would scour the streets and gutters wherever we went for that elusive cardboard. The bins behind the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1954 by Jimmy Burrows

I was born in Kkidsgrove in a place called Back Heathcote Street, we lived there until I was four years old. I remember going to the shop at the top of Heathcote Sstreet with my older sisters to buy sweets. We then moved to ...Read more

A memory of Kidsgrove in 1950 by Pauline Townley

I loved every day there with my mother and father, I went to the school at 5 years till 11 years old.

A memory of Capel in 1958 by John Francis