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I was at Port Regis for approximately 2 years during 1950-1952 from age 9-11. My memories are snapshots only as these memories have been blanked out and have only resurfaced after seeing the comments on this ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1950 by Maureen Kenny

I can remember as a young lad, aged nine years, walking along this dockside with my father, who was a railway checker. There was a British destroyer called HMS Vansistartt moored throughout the blitz, just beyond where these cranes are shown, ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Donald Bristow

My parents had Eccleshill Fruit Stores around 1951 to 1957 and Hutton school was my very first school up until we moved around 1957. I remember the trolley bus terminus used to be opposite the shop. In those days that was ...Read more

A memory of Eccleshill in 1952 by Robert Arrand

My Grandfather, Dennis Cox and his wife Gertrude moved to Grimethorpe between the years 1905 and 1911 the first address I have for them is New Buildings Grimethorpe in the year 1911. They had eleven children and all ...Read more

A memory of Grimethorpe by Raymond Cox

Hi, I am living in Ireland now. I spent many a good night in the Farmer's Boy pub, I was called 'Irish' by name, some day I hope to holiday in your lovely village.

A memory of Shepley in 1968 by Michael Cullen

Arnage Castle belonged to Donald Charles Stewart from the early 1930s until it went out of the Stewart family at the end of the 1980s. D C Stewart as he was known was the largest privately owned housebuilder in the north east of ...Read more

A memory of Ellon in 1970

Evacuated to Langley on Tyne in 1940 as an 11 year old, my memories relating to this peroid remain undimmed. It was a strange world to me, coming as I did with many other children escaping the war.  I was taken into ...Read more

A memory of Langley in 1940

We moved to Romford in 1951 from Havering where we lived with Nan and Grandad in Pinewood Road. It was an exciting time for me but also an unhappy time leaving Nan and Grandad's house. We moved in a ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1951 by Helen Scott

We moved to Mitcham from Streatham in 1963. My sister and I went to St. Marks Primary School which was not too far from our home in Gaston Road. I remember my first teacher was Mrs Carmichael. What a lovely lady she was! It was a small ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by sally_lawes

I wonder if you may have known John Edgar Smith (School No. 293) in the 'thirties'? My beloved John always spoke very fondly of his years at Lord Wandsworth College, Long ...Read more

A memory of Long Sutton in 1930 by Barbara Tester