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The memories I have of Patricroft were of going to Patricroft bridge to watch the Whit Week walks, my mum used to dress us all up in our best clothes [all eight of us], we only lived on Rowsley Road so it was just a short walk ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1950 by Lynn Johnson[Nee Tither]

Memories of Ivybank children's home...Dotto the dog. Open fires. Huge entrance hall. Large staircase. Massive garden. Watching steam trains. Aunty Bonnie. Auntie Theresa with Tim the dog. Auntie Bonnie's friend we had to call ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe

I walked across this bridge four times every day, on my way to and from school (I used to go home for lunch). Home was Abberd Way, and the school was on the Green. I used to stop there to watch trout, and I can still recall the smell of ...Read more

A memory of Calne in 1952 by Patrick Hayes

At 17 years of age, after interviews at British Railways commercial HQ at Cymric Buildings in Cardiff, I started work as a Booking Clerk at Senghennydd Station, replacing David Sellick who lived overlooking the station ...Read more

A memory of Senghenydd in 1955 by Arthur Davies

To the right of the bridge was the Telephone Exchange, and in my day Sally Till lived there, and her mum was the telephone operator. It was alleged she listened in on calls, as you could in those days. But no-one really cared. You just learned to be careful what you said to your friends!

A memory of Somerton by Alison Vowles

Hi all. We moved to Debden in 1948, and lived at the end of The Broadway, there were only a few shops open during this time, Sainsbury's, the Post Office, Woolworth's and a Cafe. The only bus ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1951 by Robert Munn

I have a photo taken in 1959 of my mother outside the boarded up cottage in Mill Street where she was born in 1920. My Grandparents moved there around 1918 from Pontypridd. I can remember that it was down by the river and looking back up ...Read more

A memory of Cynwyd in 1959 by Margaret Dickinson

I attended this school for almost 6 years. and at the time it was the Old Building which was part of two buildings, the other part being The Annex on Kilwinning road.(now demolished). At first we walked the path between the schools over ...Read more

A memory of Irvine in 1971 by Ruth Clark

In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more

A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by John S. Batts

Just read the memory by Ian Pescott. Mardyke Hill and stream in the summer, as you say, was a perfect spot for kids. It was about half an hour walk from Foxglove Crescent where most of us lived or a 10 min ride on a "bitza" bike. ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1954 by Brian Dudley