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I hit my 60th birthday at the end of last September. I look back over my life which took a few detours over the years with very fond memories of my primary school life. I adore my 4 children and great ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by andreaforeman

The building on the left was the Primary School Annexe. It had three classrooms and a large hall and outdoor toilets which were hideous in the winter time. In an attempt to keep the cisterns from icing up, storm lamps were hung ...Read more

A memory of Huntington by noa

Farsley was a great place to grow up, betwixt town and country. Mills, dams, becks, parks, stony roads, winter warmers out of clay, Meals ice cream and milk. Elmers the doctors.Frances Street School and Mr Nolan, Miss Lamb, Miss ...Read more

A memory of Farsley by colin.colville

I lived in Coronation Street in the early 50's to the late 60's, when I joined the army. A great place to be in those days. I remember running out to the rag and bone man and handing over some old clothes and getting a gold fish for ...Read more

A memory of Frizington by William Carr

I was at Frilsham House School from about 1947-53, when the headmaster was 'Mr Ward Clarke',* who had founded the school not many years before. There were only about 50 boys. London, where I lived, was bleak at ...Read more

A memory of Frilsham by martin

At the ripe old age of 89 years I well remember my years at what I have always regarded as "Home.". In 1931 I first entered the world, living in Wembley, but in 1935 I recall my father meeting ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills by Malcolm King

Spent a good deal of time here in my younger years. My brother & many of his friends worked at the MoD,, & had what they called 'the Tuesday night cinema club'. Good or bad, most Tuesdays would see us at ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by bru.enzer

This is a very rare photo which is taken from a grass slope below a small coppice in a valley known as the "Moors" from the bottom of what is now called Orchard Lane. This unusual photo looks up the lane, (from ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

Walked these cliffs to Hope Cove a tremendous number of times and watched the wildlife and the waters rise in winter: especially under the wooden bridge between Rock House and Thurlestone and separate the beach from the two. Lots ...Read more

A memory of Thurlestone

1960s down the washbrook by the old bridge catching sticklebacks and bullheads. Paddling under the two arches. Playing football on the ice when the brook used to flood into the field next to the brook in winter. Walking the old ...Read more

A memory of Walsgrave on Sowe by Dave Edwards