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Me & my brother both worked at Annie & Terry Smith's bakery as children, in the back making pies and bread from about five/six every Sat morning for years. It was a very busy place to work and Terry was a great bloke to work for, ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1959 by Roy Mozley

I was born, in 1945, in the front room of my parent's rented house in Bristol Terrace, Bargoed. Open the front and you were on the pavement!!. We had no central heating, no double glazing, no indoor bathroom (tin bath hanging ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1952 by Brian Clark

I remember moving to Perham Crescent when I was about four or five, with my parents Betty and John Mcrae. I lived at number 29 Perham Crescent. It became a family crescent eventually: Ken and Enid Beard lived at ...Read more

A memory of Ludgershall in 1970 by Mary Farr

I have enjoyed reading the 'Memories of Knaphill' contributions, and though I have not lived there myself, my Payne family did, so thought I might share a few of their memories! In the 1890's, Captain George Payne and ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill

My grandparents, my mother's parents, lived in Vicarage Road, Plympton until 1962 when they moved to Moorland Avenue. As children we always spent our holidays with them and I have early memories of accompanying my ...Read more

A memory of Plympton in 1958 by Edward Godfrey

Marsh's pork pie shop was opposite Labour Club Number One, at the end of Old Whint Road. The pies were known as the best in the world and we kids at Jagger's (Richard Evans Junior School, West End Road) used to sing 'Marsh's, they ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1960 by Ann Atherton

I happened upon this site purely by accident, but it brought back some great memories. I am Pete Boland, young brother of Owen, a keen & very good footballer. I remember as a kid the matches ...Read more

A memory of Port Clarence by Peter Boland

Every year we set off from York for a two week holiday at Thornwick Bay. We used to travel by bus, and I well remember the bus always used to breakdown at the top of Garrowby Hill. Everyone had to get off the bus and ...Read more

A memory of Thornwick Bay in 1956 by R Clive Ankers

I spent two years and three months on Florence Gibson ward (1950-1952) and was hoping to visit the hospital when I returned to visit Liverpool. I'm sorry to know that it has closed. The first half of the ward was ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1950

I recall moving house from the Spike, Blaydon, to a newly built house in Linden Road, Blaydon. The steps leading down from the gateway where not quite finished so my Dad had laid wooden planks down so my mum could get down to the ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1955 by Isobel Dunbar