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I was born in Sanquhar in Jan 1956, in my house in Deer Park, which is not far from Sanquhar castle. I used to go to the castle most days, go to the top and play there all day, used to play over the brae heads with my ...Read more

A memory of Sanquhar by Robert Pagan Gibson

Hello there, I was born at 53 THOMAS STREET,1943, my family go back to at least 1800 and were mostly butchers, lastly around 1900/1914 at 127 High Street. Joseph Gordon was head of family and was a Druid in the Earl Dartmouth ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich in 1943 by Malcolm Gordon

Happy memories indeed. For an eight year old living in the village in the mid 1950s it was heaven. Long summer evenings and school holidays playing in woods, open fields and on building sites. Or cycling (yes at eight) ...Read more

A memory of Earls Barton in 1955 by Peter Dixon

I remember being taken to Wiveliscombe as a young boy in my Uncle Jim's dark green Standard Vanguard, he ran the Rock Inn at Waterrow 1954- 1965. He would take me to the toy shop at Wiveliscombe Square called ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1960 by Julian Bishop

Well I suppose my memories of Prestwich go back to early 1940s when I started school at Park View Primary with Mr Rigby as Headmaster. He wasn't reluctant to cane the boys for any misdemeanour even at the ages of 5 to 11. ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich in 1947 by Fred Plant

I was born in 1941 and as a child, lived at Park Head Row, Birdsedge. There was little traffic then and we used to play hopscotch on the main road. Around the age of three, whilst swinging on our garden gate, I vividly remember the ...Read more

A memory of Birds Edge in 1944 by Janice Haigh

How we looked forward to a walk to the Town Hall park to feed the ducks, there was one really old and bedraggled one called "charlie the drake"?? or so my nan said!! Once in the Town Hall grounds, we were allowed to run ahead along ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1965

I Remember the early Twenties. My mothers family, had a woodturning business, pianos, violins, and such good quality instruments, in Bethnal Green, London, She had two brothers, George and Albert, and a sister Sara. Sara was a cripple, ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

I remember as a little kid in the 50's going through Borsdane Wood with my mam n' Aunty Liza - we'd take egg n' tomato butties with us and always head for the Flag Bottom. This was our cheap holiday / Wigan week, I think it ...Read more

A memory of Hindley in 1951 by Ray Mac

I could not think of a better place to spend my early years than overlooking the old reservoir. My grandmother's timber cottage was one of eight built long ago, probably to house estate workers. Each cottage appeared ...Read more

A memory of Elstree by John Gates