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My Father was Arthur Harriott who owned Harriott Brothers Butchers Shop (which can be seen at the bottom left-hand corner of the picture) together with his Brother, Edward. We lived in "Old Sarum" which is the ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1950 by Pamela Beeching

I arrived in Weaverham in one of its transition periods. ICI had built many houses to house its workers in all the surrounding villages including Weaverham. So Weaverham had already transformed in a way when I got there, but of ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham in 1955 by David Yates

I was born in 1922 in Mundford where my Father was the village policeman. We had no motor car, indeed in those days there were not many people who could afford this luxury. The village was small, however it was self-contained and provided all ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1920 by Ralph Woodgate

I am surprised that no one has added any memories to this page. When I was a child the village was small and everyone knew everyone else, now it has changed out of all recognition, apart perhaps from the very centre by ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1947 by Gloria Knight

Hi - I would very much like to find anyone that knew Patricia, Frank or Phyllis Osborn who were evacuated from Medway Homes in Kent to either 10 Bridge Street or 10 Wood street Gilfach Goch. Perhaps someone might know which school ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch by Marian Goater

I have vivid memories of Piperhill farm and house despite my age at the time (2). My father was a clerk of works at Brackla airfield at the time and we all lived with the Urquharts at the farm. I have clear ...Read more

A memory of Piperhill in 1943 by Allan Frew Mc Culloch

I was born in Hulton Street, Ordsal, and lived all my life in the same house my mother was born into, no. 56 on the corner of Oxford Street. We were 3 girls and 2 boys, I was the middle one. My dad Jack Neilan was an ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950

It was about 1957 and before, when the Willows was a place to picnic on a Saturday and Sunday afternoons. It was a very popular place, with the Shuggy boats and the river to play in, and there were houseboats galore ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1957 by Jimmy Burrows

I was born in the house that lays back just out of view in this photo. The house was built in 1954 and our family were the only people to live there up until my father's death in 2008. I was born in the house, as were both my ...Read more

A memory of Peasmarsh in 1954 by Carole Watson

My great-grandmother, Mrs Clara Burr, had the Supply Store in Halling Road for many years from the early 1900s. She had been widowed in 1903 when her two sons, my grandfather Rowland and his brother Norman, were babies. When Rowland ...Read more

A memory of Halling in 1900 by Mary Rogers