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A DEVIZES GIRL REMEMBERS Before talking of my own memories, it would seem appropriate to start by sharing some valuable ones of my Father who was born in 1906 and spent his whole life in the town. During the last five years of his ...Read more

A memory of Devizes by riversd10000

In the mid 1950s when I was about six or seven years of age my parents took me on a holiday to a farmhouse just outside Nevern, the farm was owned by a couple named Thomas. They were then from photos I have, probably in their ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Derek Stocker

I WAS BORN IN CANNOCK IN 1967 AND MY DAD DROVE A MISTER SOFTEE ICE CREAM VAN. THE MISTER SOFTEE/LYONS MAID ICE CREAM VAN DEPOT WAS IN HEDNESFORD OPPOSITE THE GLOBE PUB.I HAD SOME FANTASTIC MEMORYS BEING WITH MY DAD ON THE ICE ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford

Happy times at Prestatyn--enjoyed 4 holidays there-staying in self catering around 1954-1958.Stayed in Victoria rd-think Conservative club nearby,, Grosvenor rd-house called Green sleaves-, a guest house/hotel with flat roof ...Read more

A memory of Prestatyn by Andrew Halliday

I've just found this place and boy what a lot of memories it brings. We lived in Newberries Avenue, moving out from Finchley when the Handley Page factory in Cricklewood shut (around that time). Dad, initially a ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by albanium

My father, William Tom Stallard, was manager here 1946 to 1958.He was previously manager at the Btooklands Hotel, Sale, Manchester 1937 (?) to 1941.~ The youngest in the company. He married in 1938. He enlisted in ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by signsmurals

We moved into a brand new Council House on this estate at 8, Hillside Crescent about 1950-51 and lived there until 1960. Before that we were housed in a Nissan Hut in Yateley. My Dad was a carpenter ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by miss_devinette

My family moved from Battisborough Cross, Holbeton in 1938, I was 9 years old. I think my dad bought 6 Clifton Estate, Colebrook in 1938 for 250 quid brand new. I attended Plympton Senior School and later Warrans on North Hill, ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by victorgarrod

Risebourgh Hall was once a magnificent house and home about 3 miles from Thornton Le Dale and four miles from Pickering North Yorkshire. It stands on Risebourgh Hill and commands sweeping views across Ryedale from its ...Read more

A memory of Pickering by Margaret Ann Hill

I was born in Maesteg in 1943, and lived in Station Hill, which was also known as Butlers Hill to some. I went to Plasnewydd School, and then to Llwynderw. My neighbours were the Charles's and Peggy and Jim Wills, whose son Melville ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg by almatey1