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We bought our house from Fred and Mabel Crossley in September 1970 for the princely sum of £4700 ! ( My father thought I was aiming a bit too high). I never forgot Fred as he told me that he had been offered £9000 but ...Read more

A memory of Harthill by richard

Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by dannytaylor1954

I lived in Chiseldon from birth to 23yrs old, I lived in windmill piece no 10, along with 4 of my siblings, mum and dad. we all used to go to the British legion on a Saturday evening and dad used to sing he had ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon by marinawallbridge64

My younger brother was born at Balidon House on 29th July 1960. He is the son of John William Edward Barthorpe, who served in the Royal Navy and at the time of my brother's birth was based on the Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal as a ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil by Michael Barthorpe

My parents moved from Pentire to Crantock when I was about 3 and Crantock is certainly ingrained in my memory as being my first home. My mother had taken a position as housekeeper to a Dr Nicholas and with it came Rose Cottage. My father ...Read more

A memory of Crantock by Dianne Christopher

Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox fur ...Read more

A memory of Newarthill by Peter Laird

Due to the fact that my mother was in Oxford, to escape the bombing in London while she was pregnant, during the second world war, she gave birth to me in Chippinghurst Manor on 15th July 1942. ROBERT NEIL CRAWFORD.

A memory of Chippinghurst Manor by Robert Crawford

I was born in December 1962 in the mother and baby home in Hopedene. I would have been there last three weeks in December and first three weeks of January. It was one of the coldest winters on record. I'd love to ...Read more

A memory of Elswick by Kamala Janette Hall

I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE LANE ...Read more

A memory of Birch by franciscaine7

Leaving Southampton Road School in 1954, I started working on the outskirts of Titchfield for Sanders & Sons in their tomato glass houses, which was a good working start for me. ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by Alan Kitchin