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At a guess! My visits to Shepton mallet were infrequent as I lived near Bristol as a child. But loved coming to see my Grandmother at no 1 Barren Down (mrs E A Crook)A school was at the back of her house, I ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet in 1947

I was born in 1931 in Bollingbroke Nursing Home and lived in Belleville Road next to Belleville Road School. Our house was requisitioned and knocked down to enlarge the school and so we moved to Hayes, Middlesex, in 1937, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by Marie Cull

I used to live as a child in LLangynwyd in Heol Cadrawd next door but one to the school house my maiden name was John. I realise now what a wondeful childhood I had and so much freedom. I rember Mr Morris as headmaster, Miss Brook who ...Read more

A memory of Llangynwyd in 1948 by Suzanne Prinz

I was evacuated to my Grandparent's house "Hope House" The Street Radstock during the war years - they were Mr and Mrs H.D.Plummer and lived in Hope House with their Daughter Gwendoline Edwards and her three sons Ivor, ...Read more

A memory of Radstock by Brenda Hacker

I believe everyone who lived in Crouch End (also Muswell Hill) during the period 1941-71 were very lucky as the area offered virtually everything one would ever wish for. In fact, although I now live in Norfolk I retain very ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End in 1941 by Malcolm Cook

I was born at 41 Woodleigh Avenue just about opposite the Gully that I walked through every day with my brother to catch the bus to Bournville school.  I remember the war years, our house getting bombed while we were in the shelter ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1940 by Cynthia Portas

Hello, I am so interested you were at Avochie House, Rothiemay with the Curzens and were friends with Marion Allan who's father was farmer at the Home Farm ,Avochie. My parents came to the farm of ...Read more

A memory of Tarryblake Ho in 1950

Can anyone help with the house number 31, I am interested to find out its history as a great grandmother lived there.

A memory of Wall Heath by Lynn Ingram

One of my strongest memories of the past in my Haydock is of War time. We had an air raid shelter just round from our house and we all used to pile into it when the air raid siren went off. I always remember Mr Martin who had ...Read more

A memory of Haydock in 1940 by Judith Mc Kay

This half burnt out mansion and wonderful Japanese garden holds very special memories for me.Although it had notices saying it was private and to keep out,not to mention trespassers would be prosecuted,I ...Read more

A memory of Harrow on the Hill in 1966 by Pauline Coles