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Moved into Sandholme Road in 1954 from Howden. Father and grandfather bought The Cottages at auction and I lived there until going to college in 1970. My parents stayed there until 1983 when they moved into Laburnum ...Read more

A memory of Gilberdyke by Dave Cooper

My father was one of the local butchers, Jack Grigg. He and my mother ran the shop opposite the church.  My grandfather was John Charles Grigg who lived at a house called Mount View at the bottom of Rose Hill. ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey by Melville Grigg

My dad was born in Howden Clough but he had a rag warehouse at the Smithies cross roads opposite the Grey hound pub. He used to buy old clothing and rags from people known as 'totters' or from householders who took them to him. ...Read more

A memory of Birstall in 1960 by Peter Armitage

My name wasJanet Whitehead then I went to Bulstrode girls school in the sixties, One of my teachers was Mrs balls ,my friends where Maureen Oliver Margaret twining , Mavis Bowden .the headmistress was Mrs Collins also ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by janbarrett9

I used to go and see ted stout as a child believe he was my dads uncle, we also have family connections to the family names, bloxom, and surtees, my grandfathers name was james Daniel smith who moved from the howden area to birtley co durham, ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by msmith36

My mother’s cousin, Gordon Ross, was the head gardener at Howden Dene in the ‘30s and ‘40’s, when the property was owned by the Straker-Smith family. I was born in 1934. During WW2 when sea-side holidays were difficult, my mother ...Read more

A memory of Howden Dene by p.wolstenholme

I attended Bishop Wordsworth's School between 1964 and 1967 arriving when I was 14. I had previously gone to a very prestigious grammar school in north London which in fact was awful. Discipline was non-existent, ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury by al.birkett

In 1951 to 1959 I I lived at Colliers Arms wingate with my grandmother Mary Elizabeth Merricks (she had lived there a long time) and my mother Ivy Piper also sister Christine piper. My name is Marianne. I am interested in finding the history ...Read more

A memory of Wingate by mepiper

I was brought up near London but when I was about 8 my brother married and moved down to live in Menheniot as his in-laws owned a bungalow on the Trewint Estate and purchased the village hairdressers ...Read more

A memory of Menheniot by Carrie Gregory

My family moved into Howdendyke upon completion of the Airey Houses when I was two years old. We lived at 4, Ferry Road which was the main street into Howdendyke. As I grew, reaching nursery school age and being ...Read more

A memory of Howdendyke by John Jessop