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I was born in Walker 1946 to be accurate. They were slums even though the women did their best to keep them clean and rodent free. I remember my mum doing the washing in the wash-house in the back yard, she had to start a ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1959 by Jacqueline Pilgrim

These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

I attended Edmund Campion School, Stafford Road, Toll Bar coming from St Austins at Tatty Heath two great schools. Gerry Landers, Eddy Camp, Billy Fildes, Totty Wallace and co, I was part of the school choir and we were chosen to sing at ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1968 by Alan Graham

I started to work at Middi baths in 75 as a lifeguard. It was an old run down building but still had a lot of character, the pool was 33ft by 10ft and 10ft deep at the deep end. It wasn't just a pool because on days past, the ...Read more

A memory of Middleton by Lennie Capuano

I moved to Weaverham in 1951 like many others from Liverpool when my dad got a job at ICI. My memories include playing in the felds at Gerrards Farm at the back of our house in Farm Road along with my sister Lesley and our ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham in 1957 by Ian Johns

My dad bought a brand new house on Craigwell Avenue in 1956. Builder was William Old. I was 4. The house was blue and yellow, 4 houses up on the left from Newberries Avenue. The construction went on for at least two years after moving in. ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1956 by Robin Thompson

You can't speak about Bradley without mentioning the big pool. Men used to go fishing there - it was great to watch. There was a foundry right next to it and the men used to sit by and have a fag. In the winter it would freeze ...Read more

A memory of Bradley

I suppose I'm cheating but I can go back a good way further than the 1900s because my memories are mainly my mother's and she was born in 1904 and lived in South Street. She used to share her memories with me like ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1900 by Constance Smith

I was born in Williams ward in Upney in 1957. We lived on Thames View in a small flat near the top end of Bastable Avenue. We then moved to Bredo House – I will always remember the flat, it had a downstairs and a staircase up to ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1960 by Janine Barber

My only son, James ,was born in Glenroyd Maternity Hospital in March 1964 weighing in at a tiny 5lb 4 oz. In the next bed, I had made friends with a lady whose mammoth son born a day later, weighing 17lbs! I promised that my Jamie ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1964 by Jackie Worrall