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Hi, I'm Mel and I am loooking for information on my family the Faulkes. My dad was born in Scottow Row, my grandad and nanny were Rose and Alfred and my great grandparents were William, known as Old Billy, and his wife was Elizabeth ...Read more

A memory of Scottow by Melanie Faulkes

I remember the baker's van coming down to Church Street in the summer, we could choose a cake, the baker would open the back of the little van and pull out the drawers, out would come a thousand wasps.  No one ran for cover and the cakes ...Read more

A memory of Burham in 1959 by Teresa Shearing

In 1971 I was a lad of 15 and had made friends with some people living behind the Hilden Manor. The owner wanted needed help to dig out a large pond in his back garden, so I volunteered with his two sons to hand dig this pond in the ...Read more

A memory of Hildenborough in 1971 by Stuart Nolan

I was brought up in Glenboig. I went to the school that sank, what great memories I have of the old teachers, Mr Mcafee, Mr Gallacher, Mr O'Neill, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Deerie, Mrs Egan and Mrs Clinton in Room 1. I had moved away by the ...Read more

A memory of Glenboig by Maria Graham

Regarding the statement of Percy Bonner and his wife Rennie Bonner written by Ken Crammer. These people were my Aunt and Uncle. Uncle percy and aunt Rennie went on to have 2 children, Louisa and percy aka penny, both married and ...Read more

A memory of Woodcote in 1944 by John Smith

Regarding the statement of Percy Bonner and his wife Rennie Bonner, written by Ken Crammer: These people were my aunt and uncle. Uncle Percy and Aunt Rennie went on to have 2 children, Louisa and Percy aka Penny, both married ...Read more

A memory of Woodcote by John Smith

I remember the ponies coming along the beach and back to the stables along the high street, past what was then the cinema, now a village hall.

A memory of Rhosneigr

When my Great Aunt Phyllis Ivy Jarrett left school at the age of 13 (about 1918), she joined the domestic staff at Williamscot House, where she was an 'under-housemaid'. Phyllis used to send photos home to ...Read more

A memory of Williamscot in 1920

My school was one of the first to go to Dukeshouse Wood Camp School just outside Hexham. This was in November 1945 shortly after the Second World War with the lads from  Gateshead at Alexandra Road school. ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1945 by Les May

I knew Fred Potter and his family in the early 1960s - Fred and I dated for a while. Many times we got off the bus on the main road (I lived in Nailsworth), often straight from school - he at Marling, me at High ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe in 1962 by Carla Radok