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The town of Elland has bitter sweet memories for me, I was born in 1961 the middle one of three children to my dad Wallace Hawkins and my mum Joan Hawkins nee Smith. My mum died in 1964 while we lived in New street (my earliest ...Read more

A memory of Elland by graham.bigg1961

I was born in 7 Ellenborough road my dad was Jim Perry my mum was Elsie Perry nee Spencer, we were and still are a very large family consisting of nine children. My dad was a real character who did anything from totting to ...Read more

A memory of Upper Holloway by j.a.pugh

I lived in Battersea from about 1939 to 1949 when we moved to Hornsey in North London. We lived with my grandparents who owned the Southern Dining Rooms, a transport café opposite the marshalling yards, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1947 by Patricia Hines

I lived at Dunscroft, Polton Road until 1968, aged 8. I remember Lasswade Mill and the siren in the morning. After returning from the States and Canada in 1965, the mill had closed. We used to have great fun playing in the derelict mill ...Read more

A memory of Lasswade in 1965

My Mum, Dad and I moved to the new council houses in Boundaries Road (built on a bombsite) in 1957 when I was 1 year old, so obviously my first memories are of Balham. Dad went to work and Mum and I went shopping every day. These are some of ...Read more

A memory of Balham by Liz Foster

This not "The Sandhills." This view is from the railway bridge overlooking Harrison Park, so named after a famous Wallasey family. The hills are man made, allegedly from the spoil from the building of the Wallasey tunnel. This is ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey by larryjonze

I was born in Liverpool Street in the centre of Crewe ( now the police station and library) with Manchester street to the rear, all the houses had an alleyway at the rear which enabled the lorry to empty the toilets which were housed in a brick shed ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014

I was born in Liverpool Street in the centre of Crewe ( now the police station and library) with Manchester street to the rear, all the houses had an alleyway at the rear which enabled the lorry to empty the toilets which were housed in a brick shed ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014

where I live now since 1968 there used to be farm there was cattle over the hatches . signal box just near the railway at the hatches. 4 sweet shops. Ansell newsagent -Mons-shop -spar shop- spare parts shop used to be ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green

My parents had a static caravan at Alderwasley.It was here I heard my first owl and as we walked down the cobbler road to the bridge Mum and I would look for the water trough where I was told at night the fairies bathed.the landlady ...Read more

A memory of Whatstandwell