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This title may sound strange but to people living in the area(e.g) Skelton my home,they will understand. In a field at Overton was grass tracking motor bike racing fantastic always big crowds,I was six I went on ...Read more

A memory of Overton in 1954 by Tony Loftus

My grandma was born Eleanor ('Nellie') Roberts at Back 62 Charles Street on the 27th November 1911 to Lillian Elizabeth and Richard John Roberts, she was the second eldest of 6 girls, Lillian 1908, Florence May 1915, Sarah ...Read more

A memory of Tredegar by Lee Hutchings

i dont have a clear memory of pontypridd, i was a baby of 14 months, a twin when our mother died giveing birth to a baby, her name was margret olwyn birch,nee owen, we were all put in the childrens homes, and my twin and i was adopted by ...Read more

A memory of Pontypridd in 1943 by Howard Horgan

When I first returned to Hereford from Canada in 1979, after a 20 year absence, I was shocked to see the new modern designed Greyfriars Bridge crossing the river not far from the almost 2000 year old Roman Bridge. On the left bank ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1957 by Dylan Rivis

For two-and-a-half dreadful years, from July 1942 to October 1944, my parents and I survived in three rooms at the top of number 40, Victoria Road, rented from a Mrs Pither. Only the front two rooms, overlooking the street, were habitable ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1942 by Alan Hickman

Going ‘down the village’ pretty much referred to the stretch of Cove Road, between Hazel Avenue and Marrowbrooke Lane, where most of the shops were. Once upon a time Cove must have been the typical English village: two houses, three pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

Our granddaughter Anna Norfolk stays with us each Tuesday and Friday starting with breakfast and we try to keep her entertained with things to do around our home town of ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

My family and I stayed in a caravan at Thorney bay beach camp, oh my god what fun. There was nothing there so you made your own fun. Walking along the sea wall to the funfair every night, and eating saveloy and chips along ...Read more

A memory of Canvey Island by Marion Phillips

This is not actually a memory, but after finding this photograph I just had to write and say that in the little ferry going across the River Wear is either my great grandad or great granduncle, if that is the right terminology.  I am ...Read more

A memory of Lumley Castle in 1890 by Yvonne Crawley

My uncle, Bill Oliver, who lived in Crowland Road used to work at the brickyards pictured. He worked on the kilns. I can remember on Sunday mornings going to see my uncle and my nan, Florrie Oliver. My dad Russell Oliver and I used to cycle ...Read more

A memory of Eye in 1964 by Sue Boon