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Hi I live in Auckland New Zealand, but my grandparents came here from Tyldesley in 1922 with their three young children. Both my grandfather Fred Needham, born in 1889, and my grandmother Charlotte Dutton, born in 1898, ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley in 1920 by Sharyn Arthur

I met Frida on vacation in Douglas Isle of Man around 1946. I was from Glasgow in those days. Young love ran rampant. Frida cried when she headed home to Sutton Coldfield and I to Glasgow. As they are wont to say in Scotland - I loved ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1946 by Ewan Fallon

Entertainment The Men: Mostly the pubs provided a good range of entertainment with darts, dominoes and cards being played. Some men kept greyhounds or whippets for racing, but generally gardening took up a lot of their time, as this ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

We lived at no 6 Greenfields, Sutton. My nan lived at four with my grandad Tom - in fact it was my family which helped forge Sutton village. I remember many families; Mr and Mrs Harland who ran the village shop, ...Read more

A memory of Sutton by Giles Mceachern

Hi, I am wondering if anyone would possibly have a picture of this house, in World War Two, I don't even know the name of the house, but Percy Linden/Lynden lived in this during the war. His ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Valerie Waring

I spent all my childhood in Ashtead from 1954-1972 and enjoyed a wonderful freedom that today's children don't have. I'm still in touch with Gillian [Barrett] and Sheena [Tailby]. I wonder what happened to other ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead in 1954 by Hilary Cousens

I was born in Lound in 1937 and lived there until I was called up for national service December 1957. My grandparents were the last family to farm at East View farm, the farmhouse is now a private house, the land was sold for ...Read more

A memory of Lound in 1940 by Kenneth Wagstaff

The junior years at Sydney Road School were quite good for me, despite the fact that I was the worst fighter in our year. Before a blow had even touched me I would be crying [talk about Coward of the County], ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1951 by Frank Mowforth

My family moved from Sutton Bridge to Canada in or around 1912 or 1913. Looking for any family that may still be in that area. William Staines and his wife Rosa, and their 6 or 7 children left for Canada. Thanks, Lisa Freeman, in Canada

A memory of Sutton Bridge in 1900 by Lisa Freeman

After the Second World War had finished, and the people were already used to rationing, the Committee members of the Intake Club decided to relieve the hardships on the residents of Intake a little by ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1948 by Frank Mowforth