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My siblings and I were all born at Weir maternity hospital in Balham, we lived on Mandrake road and we all went to Fircroft primary school opposite our house. I was at Fircroft from 1976-1982. Mr. Chaimings was the headmaster then, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Sylvia Amoah

Some of my most precious memories of life belong to Menith Wood. My parents bought a caravan where we had many happy times on the “Bird in Hand” public house caravan site, opposite the woods. I remember feeding “Thomas” the boar, the ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood by Elizabeth Flint

I lived in Low Bradley Farm in the late 60's early 70's with my dad Peter Dominey, Mam Dorothy Dominey and brother Christopher. I was only just over a year old when we moved onto the farm and left when I was 7. The farm was owned by a ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley by Hazel Wilson

Hi I was born in 1963 in Hogsthorpe and went to the primary school in Thames Street, I remember some amazing times in Hogsthorpe helping my Mum and Dad in the fish and chip shop rumbling the potato's with ...Read more

A memory of Hogsthorpe by Ian Elliott

My Great Great Grandfather was James Bradley of Clifton-on-Teme (1853-1931). He died rather dramatically at Tedney Bank in 1931, following the Clifton-on-Teme Hunt. According to family lore, he saw the fox, cried out "There's the ...Read more

A memory of Little Merthyr in 1930 by Bryan Mc Cahey

My name is Derek Hall, the brother to Martin Hall & Pamela Hall, we used to live at No 3 Eardiston View in Menith Wood in the 1960s with our mom Velta Hall. I am now 58 years old living in London with four ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1965 by derekhall2006

Saturday, 20 February 2010 A sharp reminder of my schooldays. I attended Bradley Street, Church of England Primary and Junior school, Uttoxeter. Some teachers, remain in your memory, others disappear. I ...Read more

A memory of Uttoxeter by John Mellor

Who remembers the travelling fun fair that came to Blackfield in the 1960s? Did you go to Blackfield Junior school? What about skating on the frozen Gravel pits at Holbury in the winter 1962/3/4 or the Esso Cinema? or the ...Read more

A memory of Holbury in 1960 by Julian Bishop

I moved to Wordsley when my father died in a tragic motorcycle accident in Old Hill, although I was born in Bradley Rd, Stourbridge in 1948. We moved to Wordsley in 57 or 58. Some of my memories are so vivid of the days I ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1959 by Reg Farwell

How wonderful to hear of one of my dear friend's memories of 1960s Menith Wood. Although I was actually born at "Eardiston" Farm called Moor Farm, in one of the converted barns in 1949, I spent all ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1960 by Nicolas Fumarola