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My great-grandfather John King served as an AB on HMS 'Royal Adelaide' from 11th August 1867 to 12th May 1868. His service record was marked 'Shore C S expired'. He joined the navy in 1856 aged 15 years and 9 ...Read more

A memory of Devonport in 1860 by James Sullivan

My memory of Liverpool was living in number 12 Kensington Rd near the corner of Hall Lane where the post office was. My parents' landlady was Mrs Elizabeth Smith, I think she was Tommy Smith's mother? I remember my father taking ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1957 by Alan Bond

My mother was born at 8 Queens Grove Road in 1921 and lived there for a further 58 years before she moved to Highams Park. I was born in Chingford in 1947 and lived at that address until I got married at 20. One of my ...Read more

A memory of North Acton by Geraldine Todd

In 1967 I enlisted with the Territorial Army and served five years with the Royal Corps of Signals. My basic training included learning to shoot with the 762 self loading rifle on the ranges near ...Read more

A memory of Hightown in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

A nice shot of Enfield Town Station, at the side of the station was the engine shed. I started work at for British Railways Enfield Town as an engine cleaner in 1953 and later became a fireman. We worked the steam trains from ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1953 by Alan Pike

I was born in 1942 in Upton-by-Chester and my mother's family (Maddock) owned the butcher's shop that became Toycraft on Watergate Street, and one in the Market in the sixties. My parents emigrated to Canada with me in tow in 1956 and I ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1947 by Patrick Hampson

This photo was taken from a spot very close to Vyrnwy House where my great Aunt Winifred Morris used to live. Broniarth Hill is behind the photographer. I used to visit her quite often in the 50's, usually on a Sunday when my father ...Read more

A memory of Meifod in 1951 by Brian Morris

I left St Mary's Secondary to go to work in Riddochhill Pit. Wow!. Left the coal mine to work for Ritchie Brothers for a couple of years and headed to Lancaster to join my big sister, Veronica, in ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1961 by Tam Mc Donagh

I was a 13 year old boy from Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. My father was a Sergeant in the US Air Force, assigned to Burtonwood RAF Station. We rented a flat at 35 London Rd, Stockton Heath. It was ...Read more

A memory of Stockton Heath in 1956 by Jay Wilcox

On Nov. 8, 1848, a family of Jacksons (my forebears) landed in Philadelphia. Their point of origin was Liverpool, and their former place of residence was Greasbrough, Yorkshire. Over the years, the ...Read more

A memory of Greasbrough by Michael Clarke