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I attended Edmund Campion School, Stafford Road, Toll Bar coming from St Austins at Tatty Heath two great schools. Gerry Landers, Eddy Camp, Billy Fildes, Totty Wallace and co, I was part of the school choir and we were chosen to sing at ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1968 by Alan Graham

I remember going to both of these places with Tiber Street School. We went on a double decker green bus, I sat upstairs on the front seat with my mates counting how much pocket money we had for the week. Most of them had ...Read more

A memory of Loggerheads in 1956 by Iris Woodward/Jones

I moved to Weaverham in 1951 like many others from Liverpool when my dad got a job at ICI. My memories include playing in the felds at Gerrards Farm at the back of our house in Farm Road along with my sister Lesley and our ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham in 1957 by Ian Johns

After moving many times between Enniskillen and Liverpool, I moved to Kirkby with my mum, dad and two brothers in 1952. There were only a couple of roads finished and after living in a cramped one room, which housed the bed, the ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby by Christina Jones (Nee Mcveigh)

Even tho' it was tough and the food bl...y awful, I still have fond memories as it changed me from a boy into a man almost overnight. The supper duty of pasting melted dripping onto a full sliced loaf with a paint brush so it could drip ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1949 by Maurice Tudor

My great grandfather, one of the early founders of the Liverpool Victoria Insurance Society ( LV= ), died in retirement in 1905 at Vernon Place. I understand the the address no longer exists. Can anyone enlighten me to where it was ? Many thanks for any help. David Allen, Leeds.

A memory of Uckfield by dw.allen

I was born in Park Royal hospital on a hot July day in 1957 and was taken home to Mayo Road, where almost our entire family lived at numbers 46, 53 and 56. I was christened at St Mary's church, on my ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by mark.jenkinson

I try to visit Cwm Penmachno every June, sometimes my visit is a little late. My Grandad Hugh, was born in Beniarth (spelling?). I know his father (William Humphrey Evans) worked on Bertie’s farm and as far as I’m aware, my great ...Read more

A memory of Cwm Penmachno by sian.evans42

When I was a young girl (I'm 72 now) I read a book which has influenced me for the whole of my life since. It was called 'Margaret', by James Davidson Ross. It told the story of a 15-year-old girl who died of cancer ; but whose ...Read more

A memory of Kilndown by ritalaceuk

We immigrated to Canada in 1965. We left Liverpool for Montreal, however, we hit a small iceburg or something that caused enough damage for us to take the train to Montreal from the closest land destination in Quebec. I was 10 ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1965 by Linda Gardner