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The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the front ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

Back in the good old 60's I was looking for work as a labourer and noticed that something was going on at Steventon Hill. I walked up the track and met foreman Charlie Bain who gave me a start doing the ground work and ...Read more

A memory of Fawley in 1962 by Keith Lewis

When I was born, in 1948, my parents lived in Mount Park Road. My father, who was chairman of the Ealing Rotary Club (at least twice that I remember), was a solicitor and his firm 'Machin-Smith & Brown' had two offices. One was on ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Helen Machin Smith

Where Deal Library stands today was the site of the 'Nelson House Restaurant', which was owned and ran by my father, Frederick William Ford; around the corner in Middle Street, was 'Lady Hamilton's ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1950 by John Ford

I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by Jackie Hayles

My name is Lynda Drew (nee Howarth). I remember St Abbs very fondly. In fact I have very great memories of the best holiday I can remember. My father, Stanley Howarth, was stationed at Coldingham with the RAF for a while during the 2nd ...Read more

A memory of Coldingham in 1954 by Lynda Drew

My mam had died not so long ago when I was 8 years old. Me and my brother and sister, and my dad, we lived in Elm Street, near the wall at the river that came out of the Ebbw Vale steel works, a nasty smelly water way that would ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1946 by Roy Compton

Although I was born in Easington, my parents and I moved to Horden to live in the 'prefabs' at the Crossroads when I was four. I thought that the prefabs were great houses and was sad when my parents decided ...Read more

A memory of Horden by Carol Donald

I also remember Christmas1948, going out the side front door and seeing everywhere were covered with snow. It were so cold but it were beautiful. Now bonfire night were somethink else, we held our bonfire top ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Herbert Mc Hugh

I very fond memories of my early school days as a child in the 1970s,the local first school,which i believe is still there,had only two teachers that i can remember,which was miss radcliff,and headmaster mr salsbury.We had wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Duncton by Giles Mceachern