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I wasn't born in Disley. My Grandparents built a little wooden bungalow in a field owned by the Crabtree family. It was built before the war for holidays. Before that they had a big tent and all their family would go to stay. During ...Read more

A memory of Disley in 1950 by Hazel Bolger

I lived in Bredbury from 1958 to 1979 and went to Barrack hill school. then went on to High field we used walk pass the slater house on bents lane. Mum and dad always went in to the club next door as my dad was one of the singers there.

A memory of Bredbury in 1969 by Karen Whittaker

Ebenezer Owen Davies was a carpenter in 1914 who took in my father, Thomas William Banks aged 14 from the New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol - I am endeavouring to find out more about what happened to my ...Read more

A memory of Bryngwyn in 1910 by Maureen Hawthorn

Enjoyed my childhood (memories from 1947 onwards) living on "the fronts" Great North Road, with friends, some of them I am still in touch with - John Hudson, Kathleen Hudson, Kathleen ...Read more

A memory of Woodlands by Maureen Briddon

My Father, John (Jack) Lovelock lived in Weaver's Cottages, he learnt to swim in the K & A Canal alongside. We used to walk past the large detached house towards the end of the towpath you can see and there were always budgies in a cage/aviary there in the 1960's.

A memory of Newbury by john.lovelock4

I also remember Greenacres School.My mother was the nurse there,May Wright.We lived opposite the school and during the sixties the girls occasionally babysat for my sister and I.I remember once they found my mothers ...Read more

A memory of Calne by wamanda85

But I remember Burnt Oak very well. Unfortunately the area could be a little violent if your face wasn't known. The first memory that returns to me is dear old Mr Richardson the father of my old friend Michael Richardson. The father used ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Geoffrey Shwalbe

My father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford 1949 to 1953.  My brothers, Peter, Michael and myself, Mary, went to the village school.  My older brother Richard went to school in Steeple Aston.  I remember the two ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1949 by mooremary4

Barnes was the place no matter what year I grew up there from 1951 born in Cleveland rd, I remember the pond freezing over and walking to the Island slipping and sliding on the ice...floating my boat.. with my dad..feeding the ducks on ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1962 by Susan Fisher

The building with the turret is Acton Lodge where my grandparents Drs John and Mary Leedham-Green lived from 1946 until the late 1980s. The two cottages to the right had been demolished when my mother first visited (in the 1960s - she ...Read more

A memory of Southwold in 1946 by Kay Leedham Green