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My Grandfather, Robert Keir Armour, left Scotland to go to America about the year 1891. His home was 20 High Street, Dunfermline. His father was Alexander Armour who owned a carting business. ...Read more

A memory of Dunfermline by James Keir Baughman Sr.

My grandparents, aunts and uncle (the Williams family) lived at Lower House before moving to Llandrindod Wells in the 1960s. I used to visit Newbridge with my parents for our annual 2 week holiday. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Newbridge

I was born in 1941 in Cefncoed House, Pentwyn, overlooking Gwys Railway Station, Upper Cwmtwrch. I lived there for 7 or 8 years before moving to the Gurnos,  Lower Cmwtwrch.  My family lived in a compound made up of five houses built ...Read more

A memory of Upper Killay in 1940 by David Lougher

I was born on Heol y Baw, which is off Heol y Dre... one of the pictures you have on here is of a cottage on Village Street ..known as Heol y Dre.. I spent many many hours in this cottage, when the Morris`s lived there, they were a ...Read more

A memory of Cefneithin in 1945 by Sylvia Roberts

I'd like to ask if anyone knows of a brush factory in Cam which must date back about 100 years or more. I have a clothes brush which is in perfect condition and bears the title "WORKMAN Bros. Ltd. Cam. Glos." This brush was in ...Read more

A memory of Cam by Dick Best

Hi, I was looking on the site reminising about my father, Malcolm LLoyd who lived at 156 Marine Street with my grandparents, Walter and Dilys LLoyd until he married my mother, Monica Buckley (from Newtown, Ebbw ...Read more

A memory of Cwm by Samantha Lilley

I was born in Darlington in 1944, and in 1958 I moved to Newton Aycliffe with my mum, dad and two brothers.  We moved into a lovely brand new 3 bedroomed house at 38 Macmillan Rd which was heaven compared to the two up ...Read more

A memory of Newton Aycliffe in 1958

I was born in Dartford and at the age of three I was adopted and brought up in Westgate. I can recall the good old days of the steam trains running through Westgate from London and I can remember ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Rodney Richardson

I remember playing up the zig zag, Gafa, Morris, Flapper, Adrian, all the kids on the corner. Those were the good old days, where did they go  - sad, so sad.

A memory of Cwmfelinfach in 1980 by First Name Last Name

MY MEMORY IS OF MY FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND TO SEE MY MUMS' HOME VILLAGE.THE YEAR WAS 1967.SHE WAS BORN IN CAM IN 1923. SHE MET MY DAD DURING WW11, AND MARRIED IN HER FATHERS GARDEN .SHE THEN CAME TO THE USA WHERE I WAS BORN. TODAY SHE IS ...Read more

A memory of Cam in 1967 by Kathleen Layendecker