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My great grandfather John Dunning was from Cornsay Colliery - he worked in the coke works. Sadly he was killed in action on 21st March 1918 in France. His wife was pregnant with my grandfather at the time and they moved to ...Read more

A memory of Cornsay Colliery by anthony.dunning

My daughters and I lived happily at Bradford House for seven years in the late 1990's ... The house was originally two 17th century cottages at right angles to each other. The Victorians then re-modelled one of the cottages, ...Read more

A memory of Bradford-on-Tone by Sheelagh G Garner

My grandparents, Ernest and Ada Forrester lived, with my aunt Bess, Dad's sister, in the tiny cottage attached to the Congregational Chapel on The Green. They were the Chapel caretakers. In return they lived ...Read more

A memory of Newton Burgoland by janetdscrivens

I lived in 77 Challis Lane in the late forties to 1955. At age nine our family moved to Australia. My Father Frank Kirrage, worked on the Buses, then managed the Cafeteria, My Mother, Charlotte worked at the Hospital.My name is Tony Kirrage and would be great to hear from anyone who remembers us.

A memory of Braintree by anntone2

I went to the infant school then dycorts then harrowfields, , I remember going to school in the smog, we always had fog, snow, the milk cart was horse and cart, rag and bone the same, names like the tattems, ginger hinde, ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Roger Slate

I remember in the fifties there was an exhibition by British Rail showing the future. Father Xmas was visited there and presents received. Later on visits to the china and kitchen departments were what interested me. The ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Nick Beard

As a child we used to return in the car down the hill towards North Bridge and the game was to be the first to spot Wainhouse Tower amongst all the other mill chimneys there were at that time (late 50s/early sixties). ...Read more

A memory of Halifax by leura123

I used to live in The Meadway, and went to St Johns infants School-a few memories of playing on 'the boxes' at play/lunchtime. These were actually old beer crates, and long before health and safety spoiled ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Richard Morgan

Born 25 Dec1938 at numder 3. I have three sisters and a btother who were also born there. Iwenr to the primary school till Dec 1953 then worked at Forest Row garage until I moved to Australia Dec 1954.Ican remember a lot ...Read more

A memory of Forest Row by chtisandpat73

Hi my name is Brian Aspey I was at mobberley 1964 to 66 my number was 93. Me berry was the head big fella I was in shaftbury house they had just been build.dose any one remember a coloured boy think his name was joey rose and another boy called Donald Lindsey.

A memory of Mobberley