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I lived at 5 Manor Drive with my 3 sisters, Kathleen, Elizabeth and Mary. I was born in the house at 1am on a snowy night in 1954 and was delivered by my dad and Dr Poles, while Mary slept and Kathleen and ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1954 by Suzanne Knight

It was the 19th June 1955 when the lorry arrived at the end of our entry in St Mark's Street, Ladywood. Neighbours came out to say their goodbyes and help carry our chattles out to the lorry. I took a last look at the yard I had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Rubery in 1955 by Alan Dugmore

My parents, my brother and I had about six holidays at Moreton Paddox during the early 1950s when it was a WTA (Workers Travel Association) holiday home. On occasion my grandparents or aunt and uncle accompanied us ...Read more

A memory of Moreton Paddox in 1953

When we moved to Spinkhill in 82 there were many people who had lived in the village for quite some time. Gerard Cross and his two sisters Beryl and Agnes were one family. Beryl was a teacher at Spinkhill School for many ...Read more

A memory of Spinkhill in 1982 by Anita Staniforth

Where you lived in the prefabs is where I lived on the new estate after the prefabs were pulled down and the new estate was built in the 1960s. I was born in 1968 at 83 Martin Road on the corner of Park View and lived there till 1997, it ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by John Shrimpton

This house was built by my great- great grandfather around 1883. His name was James Burnand, founder of James Burnand and Sons, cutlery and Bowie Knife makers.

A memory of Sheffield in 1880 by Mick Dowse

My Great Grandfather was the Ferryman from East Mersea to Brightlingsea, he was Horatio Charles Mole. There are many family members on the Island but somehow the ones I am in touch with cannot find the house where he lived at the time he ...Read more

A memory of East Mersea in 1930 by Dorothy Joyce Cox

I lived at 61, COVENTRY RD, PAILTON and went to this school. My best friend was Christine Bakewel that lived at No. 34. My Dad died in our house when I was 2 weeks off 11 and he is buried in the church in Monks ...Read more

A memory of Monks Kirby by Angela Bolton

I believe the house on the left behind the hedge is the Court. The Kleboe family lived here I think.

A memory of Great Bookham

I have some pictures from the late 1940-50s of Batley and Dewsbury. Pictures of fabric mills and Chrismas party plus the house we lived in, in Upper Batley etc.. . Are you interested in same. Thank you.. Richard, Plainview, NY USA

A memory of Dewsbury in 1950 by Richard Whitehead