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I think we moved to Edlesborough in 1953/54, when I was 3/4 and my brother Philip was 6/7, my father worked for farmer Pratt, at Southall Farm along Northall Road. I think it now sells furniture, we lived at No 23. I attended ...Read more

A memory of Edlesborough in 1954 by Melvin Walter

I lived in Ferryside for a year in 1956/7. I made some lovely friends, but there was one special friend, her name was Moreen Marks, she lived with her parents at the bottom of the road that runs past the church. Her sister Megan ...Read more

A memory of Ferryside in 1956 by Audrey Mac Donald

I read the memories of Aberaman and Miss Venables with great interest and a bit of a tear in my eye. My grandparents emigrated from Aberdare, New Tredegar area in 1912, two weeks after the Titanic went down. The fares were ...Read more

A memory of Aberaman in 1910 by Cynthia Venables

Hi, it looks like this house was set against the Corn Brook midway between Corn Brook bridge on the A4117 and Fairyglen which is downstream. The house is no longer there, but where it was, was a place called Enoch's Garden. We used to ...Read more

A memory of Clee Hill in 1974 by Patrick Warrington

The Common, which is a delightful huge stretch of open ground from Cardiff Road to the Westra, was the sporting centre for the villagers. Here the cricket club played and the rugby club also held their matches ...Read more

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1966 by Gerald Davies

I was born and brought up in the 3rd house from the right of The Terrace. I lived there with my parents and brother until 1978 when I moved to Shrewsbury for work reasons.

A memory of Dyffryn Ardudwy in 1956 by Gareth Jones

play field at the top of Westway. The fun and games we had as kids up to 1946, helping those friendly German prisoners build fairfield housing estate. We moved to 43 Westway in about 1948, My farther Horace, Waterhouse. Mother Lucy, ...Read more

A memory of Farsley in 1958 by Ronald Waterhouse

Grew up in Land Street, slept with my first girlfriend Wendy Gill until the pram got too small, that would be 1940, where are you now Wendy?. I still remember the Messershmitt and pilot who landed in the play field at the top of ...Read more

A memory of Farsley in 1958 by Ronald Waterhouse

I was born on Roker Crescent, Pudsey and lived there until I married in 1968. Does anyone have any info on who live on the Crescent from 1940 to 1970? As I would like to find out who lived at number 43 from 1940 to 1968, this would ...Read more

A memory of Pudsey in 1945 by Anthony Cook

In 1997 I decided to trace my maternal family history through following the name of Jaffray, a name that had been carried down the family through the centuries, finally as a middle name. To my astonishment I discovered a ...Read more

A memory of Aberdeen in 1997