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I was born and grew up in East Barnet and went to St, Mary's C of E Junior and Mixed Infants School in Churchill Road.  It was a small school with only four classes and the boys left at seven and mostly ...Read more

A memory of East End in 1940 by Barbara Owen

We were only here briefly. Just a few early spring and summer months. My parents were managing this hotel for the season. One fine day, when there was a pause in the arrivals & departures of coach buses filled with ...Read more

A memory of Windermere in 1956 by Charlotte Gatling

My Grandma - Bertha Lanaghan - lived in Third Street for over 50 years. She made hookey rugs as big as a room from old blankets, coats, etc whatever she could get, to sell for extra money. She dyed the wool three ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Kathy Ames

What a lovely old photo! I was lucky enough to spend my primary school years, 1962 to 1968, at Lower Withington primary school as did my sister Cathy and my mum and uncle before us. Our headmistress lived in the house next ...Read more

A memory of Lower Withington in 1962 by Margaret Tatton

The first time I went to Perranuthnoe (Perran) was in 1946 when the Warspite was in trouble and was wrecked at Prussia Cove, only to fine it's final resting place by the side of the Mount. In 1947 I married Richard Pearce and ...Read more

A memory of Perranuthnoe in 1947 by frith

Was overwhelmed by open spaces,woodland, fields of pasture, arable, all seemingly laid out with such precision. Those responsible for management of the land appear to take so much care. Aberdeen Angus; Pheasants; variety ...Read more

A memory of Kirkton of Logie Buchan in 2007 by Philip Lofthouse

My grandmother, widowed, lived during the 20s and 30s at 1, High Street (next to The Dolphin), and was glad of family visits to assist in her invalid-style of life.  That usually meant our family, and my mother took a number of ...Read more

A memory of Middleton Stoney in 1930 by Roger Dye

This is the weir on the River Irwell where it swings round and is bridged by the road up to Peel Brow. The mills on the right are on Kenyon Street. There were cotton weaving mills, towel mills and soap works. The Church spire is St. ...Read more

A memory of Ramsbottom in 1955 by John Tomlinson

My grandparents lived in Brant Broughton in the cottage next to the "Old Red Lion". I remember the farrier shoeing the horses, the cows going home to be milked at the dairy and then watching them being milked. ...Read more

A memory of Brant Broughton in 1958 by Janet Sale

I lived in Worcester Park from when I was born (1939) until early 1956 when I joined the RAF as an apprentice. The lad in the picture (W455012) could so easily have been me (it isn't) because I was often there ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1955 by Alan Lowe