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I am at present writing my memories of the Second World War. I lived in Filtom Road, Mossley Hill and I would walk to school over the River Alt and up past what we called Lord Derby's estate where there was ...Read more

A memory of Page Moss in 1940 by Margaret Blackwood

They were chained up in winter. We used to climb over them as kids. Just past the Quay Wall, they were the only ones I have ever seen in 72 years. Were they unique?

A memory of Newbiggin by George Earl

My husband was in the RAF and Odiham was our first place as a married couple. We were unable to get a married quarter and so my husband rented a flat over a driving school in Station Road. We both learnt to drive from there. I worked at ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1968 by Christine Ketteringham

The road in the picture, St Mildred's, is where I grew up, opposite the "rec". As a young lad growing up, Minster offered all sorts of adventures; the marshes, the river Stour, Watchester Lane, the woods, fishing, ...Read more

A memory of Minster by Andrew Hankin

Anybody know of Dr Steward? The big house, The Shrubbery, 1850's to 1900's. Today seen old wall parts, arches, shapes....may have been left after demolition. It was his home, but a few asylum patients ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Yvonne Butler

Unfortunately the mill is now a ruin, although the best view is from across the river where parts of the wall are still standing in 2013. My great grandfather, John Owen, was a woollen manufacturer born in Pennant ...Read more

A memory of Llanbedr in 1890 by Anne Marie Rowland

This is a memory as told by my grandmother Alice Irene Rees. She was born and lived most of her life in Ferryside. My father was born here in 1944, the second child born to her and husband, Cynwyd Rees. Her stories of this road are as ...Read more

A memory of Ferryside in 1950 by Sallyanne Jones

I lived in one of the cottages at bottom of the castle; it was my playground. My brothers and I would run around the top of the wall. The farmer just up past the Castle and us were friends. There was a gate at bottom of the hill and we would get tips for opening and closing the gate.

A memory of Kilmartin in 1964 by David Campbell/Tinman

In 1955, several Air Force families stationed variously at Alconbury and Molesworth Air Force Bases in England found themselves renting flats (apts) in a Jacobean Manor House in the English Countryside. The landlady, ...Read more

A memory of Wadenhoe in 1955 by Perle Champion

Does anyone remember a clothes shop called Snob in portsmouth and I think there was one in southampton too,back in the seventies I loved that shop but have never seen any pictures of it does anyone have one? also there ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth in 1978