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My Mum Elsie Hope and I (Ann Parkinson) ran the Post Office in Heysham Village at the height of its popularity, from 1962 to 1969. Those were the days of wakes weeks when visitors came flooding to Morecambe and Heysham. Apart from ...Read more

A memory of Lower Heysham in 1962 by Ann Wemyss Cooke

My G-G grandfather Joseph Barber married Maria Clark, both of Lower Withington, in the Parish of Prestbury 18th March 1819.

A memory of Lower Withington by Judith Riley

I lived at 91 Bilton Road right opposite Elliot Godfrey, chemist. I used to walk up to Tommy Dodds the sweet shop, and also Lauders, another sweet shop. My nan used to work at Pains & Burns in Perivale, my dad worked at J ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Diane Dover

With my family I moved to Cornwall in 1954, lived first in Hessenford then Seaton with my 2 brothers and 2 sisters, David, Tony, Lesley & Jane. My mother worked on the holiday camp. I went to Torpoint High ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1964 by Jon Sandy

I lived in Somersham until I was 14 years old. We lived in Park Hall Road, and played in the fields opposite where we could climb the trees and see into the garden of the Manor House. The owner of the house at that time had 2 or 3 ...Read more

A memory of Somersham by Patricia King

I moved to Alexandra Road with my family when I was about 2 years old and then went on to attend St Jude's infants school, actually in my road when I was 5. Friends at the time were Sarah Miller and Yoland Cawley. I loved ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1962 by Lesley Evans

RAF wedding, 12 June 1953, at St. Mary's Church, with the reception at the Park Hotel. Anne (nee Ross) and I were both members of the RAF, living at RAF Bletchley and working at Stansbury, where we met. The wedding was ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1953 by John Rand

My 2 sons Dean and Vincent Brennan and my daughter Andrea all went to the Adelphi Club. Dean and Vincent both went camping in Wales, they loved it. Andrea once won the Shield for Gymnastics. There is nothing like that club now, and Lofty was a terrific person.

A memory of Salford in 1971 by Margaret Brennan Was Shelton

Reading Gwynfor's memories, reminded me of my childhood in Esgairgeiliog . I lived in 'Awelon' or as commonly known 'Yr Efail'. The blacksmith's forge was our wash house and above was my father's workshop. A few years ago ...Read more

A memory of Esgairgeiliog by Colin Malcolm Jones

My name is Kathleen Laskey, my maiden name is Wraight, I used to live at 1 Dettingten Road from 1973 to 1976. My dad's name is Brian Wraight, my mum's name was Edna and I have a sister called Jackie. My dad came out of the army on ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut in 1973 by Kathleen Laskey