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In 1960-63 I lived in Stanley Grove off School Rd which is where they now have the Arndale. We moved into a pre-fab in Ashbourne Crescent at Sale Moor when they had plans for the Arndale. My first job was at Boots Chemist ...Read more

A memory of Sale in 1964 by Janet Waller

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the front ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

My aunt and uncle live still in Elm Street, Mr and Mrs Webb. Anyone know them ? My grandad, now passed, used to live in Holly Street. My brother and I have many memories of Gilfach - taken there to see family for all ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1860

The queue of people waiting to the left of the picture would have been waiting for the trolley bus which ran from the terminal at the bottom of the high street (on the opposite side from The Odeon and a bit further down). The post in ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by Philip Cousins

Hi my name is Julie Senior, daughter of Derek Mcbride, born in 1947 and lived in the Robin Hood Inn in Salford. His parents were Annie Mcbride nee Bridge and William David Mcbride and he also had a sister, Doreen Mcbride born 1937. ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Julie Senior

Hi, my father Cyril Ledger was born in Upton in 1905, but lived at Holmes Farm Flockton with his father and mother, Herbert and Clarissa Ledger, who were farming there in the mid 1900's, don't know when they left there, only ...Read more

A memory of Flockton in 1900 by Mick Ledger

A Sunday day out from New Brighton with my family, playing French cricket on the field above the mere, I watched the rowing boats. In 1958 I went a ride there on my bike one day. I wanted a row on the boat. The gentleman in charge ...Read more

A memory of Raby by David Lawton

I lived at 42, Woodlea Drive from the age of 9 until 18 when we moved in 1963. My dad bought the plot and we used to visit it regularly until the house was completed, and we moved in. Our house was at the top of the hill ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1954 by Nigel Hurley

I was thinking of my early days in Tarpots and I had one of those memory flashes, I'm not sure exactly how old I was but it concerned my first "pocket money" sixpence a week as it turned out, the first issue was a Saturday and ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1946 by Colin Mackenzie

I spent most of my childhood at Marbury. My parents moved south from Scotland when I was 5yrs old around 1953. Like many others who lived at Marbury my Father worked at I.C.I. In fact I think at that time Marbury was owned by ...Read more

A memory of Marbury in 1954 by Bill Mac Kenzie