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We lived in Tarvie for 14 years from 1987 while owning Rogie Falls Filling Station and Snack Bar. The forecourt was famous for "Old Angus", a sitting statue of an old man in a white coat, sitting on a block of stone. His photograph must be all ...Read more

A memory of Tarvie

I remember walking past the tea bar on my way from George Street to the bus station to catch either the 71 or the 80 to Stockport Road/Hare and Hounds, Timperley. I did this every day whilst being a pupil at North Cestrian Grammar School

A memory of Altrincham by mchlpilling

I lived in Watson Avenue from 1939 to 1963 and went to Park Farm Infant and Junior School - then I had a year in Chatsworth Road and then went to Nonsuch until 1956. I remember the jazz club in the Queen Vic on Sunday ...Read more

A memory of North Cheam by m.m.holland.t21

My name is Wayne Lavigne and while I am a Canadian I do have an attachment to Omberseley. My mother is Patricia Pheysey, one of four daughters of Donald Pheysey and Helen Maude Pheysey. My grandfather's family originated in Stourpourt ...Read more

A memory of Ombersley

This is the River Camel, it flows through Wadebridge to the North Coast of Cornwall, the River Fal flows to the South Coast much farther west.

A memory of Wadebridge by david.williams61

My childhood was a very unhappy one from the age of 7 until I left home at age 19. I had a very abusive stepfather and a compliant stepmother and it is a wonder that I came away with any moments of joy to look back upon ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by Dylan Rivis

I was born in Erith in 1941, at the bottom end of Pier Road. No photos of that part of Pier Road. I remember Clarks coal office there and the steam locos going to & fro to Cory's wharf. I remember that the Pier Road & ...Read more

A memory of Erith by mhodsall

A view of Kenton Road to the west of the railway bridge. To the immediate left of this shot behind the Shell petrol pump (now a car park) is Churchill Hall, home of the Wembley North Conservative Club. Rather more interestingly, in ...Read more

A memory of Kenton by The Laird

I lived in North Cheam from when I was born (1951) until 1972. When I was young I remember shopping in Sainsburys with my mum. There was a beautiful tiled floor and the counters ran along both sides. There was a ...Read more

A memory of North Cheam by erice73737

My family moved from Battisborough Cross, Holbeton in 1938, I was 9 years old. I think my dad bought 6 Clifton Estate, Colebrook in 1938 for 250 quid brand new. I attended Plympton Senior School and later Warrans on North Hill, ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by victorgarrod