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I lived in Haslington from 1943 to approximately 1954, it was a great place for a child to grow up. I lived in Cross Rd and my G'ma lived in Fields Rd. I remember the Post Office and Haberdashery next to it, also the Smithy across ...Read more

A memory of Haslington in 1949 by Carole Moss King

Growing up in burton was fantastic, all the children of the village would play together and spend their days wandering freely, only going home to eat. Just the way it should be. The local vicar at the time was the ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale in 1860 by Melinda Willan/Ne.Edmondson

I remember living in one of the houses of Jellalabad in 1963, before my dad was posted out to Singapore and we joined him later. I would have been about three years old but can still remember riding my three wheeler bike up ...Read more

A memory of South Tidworth in 1963 by Kathy Cox

I was born in Bowness in Homestead Cottage which was next to the post office. The cottage had been the village shop, and was bought by my parents Harold and Marian Brown and converted into a home. Ada ...Read more

A memory of Bowness-on-Solway by Marcia Kell

May Lundgren was my grandmother, married to Alfred Edward (old Ed), who was in the Air Force during the war. My father is also Alfred Edward (young Eddie), born 1931 who now lives in Alnwick with my mother Irene, formerly ...Read more

A memory of Amble by Trevor Lundgren

Hello, I am posting on this site because although I personally have no memories of Crook, I am seeking to communicate with older people or others that might have specific memories or know stories of their elders of the ...Read more

A memory of Crook by Nigel Marsh

I was born in the nursing home at the back of the mount as far as I know. I lived at 117 Blackiston Street until I was about five, and went to school across the road with the only childhood friend I can remember, a little ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood by Phillip Turner

Loved your reminiscences Patricia. I came to Welshpool in 1965 or thereabouts after ten years in the Merchant Navy, and have loved the area and the folk since then. I worked in the post office at Welshpool, times ...Read more

A memory of Welshpool in 1965 by Donald Williamson

I grew up at 23 Alford, and just at the bottom of the street were "the woods". Our gang used to virtually live down the woods, climbing trees, lighting fires, making swings, bird nesting, damning the stream so we could swim and ...Read more

A memory of Ouston in 1967 by John Downie

I was born in the square at no 55 and well remember working as an errand boy for Morgans the shop delivering groceries around Bryncelyn and into Nelson village, for the princely sum of half a crown. ...Read more

A memory of Nelson in 1945 by Malcolm Andrews