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Whilst reveiwing my ancestors, who were all living and working in this part of Somerset, I came across a Great Uncle (Oliver Burnett) who was registered in the 1911 Census living at Alcombe Cross and working as a Bakers assistant age ...Read more

A memory of Alcombe by njb.dolphin

The picture of Church Road where it ran parallel with The Crescent with all those familiar shops brings memories flooding back. I started life at 33 Glebe Road in 1944 and spent 5 happy years there before moving to Madrid ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by Andrew Taft

I stayed in Denhead and used to play down the den almost every day. We used to go to school via the gap either next to Ciff Bells house or the gap next to smiths shop. We used to go along the cliffs behind the scrappiest then straight ...Read more

A memory of Kennoway by John Walker

Hi all, I was there about 1961, I think it was late summer, I'd just got out of Myrtle Street Hospital in Liverpool, and instead of going home to terrible accommodation in Liverpool 8, they (whoever "they" were) sent me to Heswall to ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Frederick Johnson

I spent a short time there in the 60s I cant remember the exact dates but maybe I could work it out . I was sent there from Seacroft hospital in Leeds, after having suspected rheumatic fever. It may be possible to get the exact ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Michael Lee

my grandmothers family came from pwllheli before her family moved to liverpool. we know very little about her childhood there or the relatives they may have left behind.we were also told she worked at butlins when it opened,by then she would ...Read more

A memory of Pwllheli by Susan Winter

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

We moved from Chelmsford to Radcliffe in 1968 - I was 2 years old. I went to Lorne Grove Nursery and my memory of that was the Rocking Horse Toy. I hated sharing it!! I was about 3 or 4 and I remember being so upset at being taken ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent by Claire Suzanne Izard

Hi. I was at Orchard Portman in 1957 or 1958. Yes I can remember the Walkers. I must have been 7 or 8 years old and probably one of the tallest boys there - now being 196cm tall. I had red hair, freckles and glasses and was very ...Read more

A memory of Orchard Portman

I was born in Moorland Crescent in the 1950’s. This council housing estate was built a few decades earlier and has a variety of different style good quality houses. Most people had nice gardens with flowers etc and ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by James Cooper