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I was born in Arlesey in 1940 in the large house next to St Peter's church, it was a lovely old place. My mother took my brother Ted and sister Marion to Arlesey when things started to get bad in ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1940 by Michael Smith

The large building on the right is the Community Centre, built as an art school to improve the standards of design which in the 19th century was very poor, particularly in the glass industry. Opposite was a parade of shops, just ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1950 by Geoffrey Lowe

I was married in Veryan Church on 4th August 1962 to Michael Henry Symons Blamey and we lived in Rose Cottage in Portloe after our marriage. Our son Andrew Mark was  born in 1963 and towards the end of 1963 I moved back to ...Read more

A memory of Portloe in 1962 by Pam Andrews

Hello I attended all three of those schools at some point, I remember attending St Annunciation first as a junior. The playground was divided into two by a very low brick divider. Half for boys and half for girls. I took a 52 bus from Preston ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by fernandoferreira76

Hello again. I started at Cold Ash School, St Marks C of E in 1953. The school consisted of the original brick building housing two class rooms and a large hall, plus a new wooden extension of two more class rooms and ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

The Regent Cinema was our Saturday go to place. There was always two films on during a matinee, the second being the longer better film. The audience was very vociferous especially when the cavalry rode in to the picture, bugle ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by thestockies

The Lion & Swan Hotel Congleton Story has it that The Lion & Swan in Congleton was made from ancient timbers, even today there are some solid twelve inch by twelve inch supports on display but who knows where ...Read more

A memory of Congleton by Alec Coles

I was born in Aberdeen in 1942 and later that year the Germans started to bomb Aberdeen so it was decided to relocate to New Pitsligo to make things easier for the family in general, My grandfather was born and brought up in ...Read more

A memory of New Pitsligo by Kathleen Hilditch

My Mum worked at this Hotel as a barmaid for many years, and behind the pub was a hall used by Henry Fermer school of which i was a pupil. When KIng George V1 died i found out from my Mum in 1951. I attended the above ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough

It's funny your sweet memories of that time, because it was the same time I was there aged 8 only my memories were of being caned 18 swipes on hands and ass by that sick headmaster from another age, stripped naked and thrown into the ...Read more

A memory of Barwick in 1973 by Lucien Ramalho