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I used to work and study in Manchester for several years in the 1960's and frequently travelled back to my home town of Hatch End to see my girlfriend, Angela Chapuis. Sometimes she would come up north to see me. One wet ...Read more

A memory of Llanfairfechan in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

My wife and I visited St Day in September 13th 2004 to find where my Greatgrandparents lived. We found the house where GreatGrandmother died - 24 Scorrier Street. After searching a lot of St Day for anyone who might have know of either ...Read more

A memory of St Day by Raymond Uren

I have discovered recently that my ancestors actually came from Sligo town. They were members of the McCormick and Boland families. Michael Boland was born in or around 1815 and some of his descendants emigrated to Co Durham. His ...Read more

A memory of Sligo by Alice Potter

I write from Canada. My ancestor, Thomas Anderson (b. 1745) and his new wife, Mary Blackburn (b. 1748) from Yorkshire sailed to New Brunswick, Canada in 1772 on the Duke of York. My family history has ...Read more

A memory of Brompton-by-Sawdon by Heather Anderson

I was born in 1972 and moved to Thornaby in 1973 where I spent my life until the age of 24. People used to tease me that I was brought up in Thornaby and I was nicknamed 'the roughian'.  People would say don't get on the wrong ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1973 by Amanda Blunt

This was where everyone waited for the buses that took us east to Pangbourne and Reading or west to Newbury, our main shopping town.  Newbury had a thriving market twice a week and buses were frequent, eight per day.   The Well House ...Read more

A memory of Yattendon by Maggi Stamp Loshak

This is Alan Edgar Fullwood's memory and the reference to Slinfold is right at the bottom of this narration: Edgar Fullwood was my father.  He was born in Birmingham England in what is to me the beginning of our history in 1875 on October ...Read more

A memory of Slinfold in 1870 by Anne Robertson

Boston was a war garrison in the war, It was an exciting time for teenagers growing up, Different Regiments was billeted all round the town, we collected army badges from the men; I had a tin full. The airforce used to drill in a ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

My grandad was a coal merchant who lived in Heath Street, his name was George Jones. I wonder if anyone remembers him? I spent many a happy hour with my cousin John on the back of the "coal wagon", arriving home ...Read more

A memory of Heath Town

Not so sure of the date, I was born in the cottage hospital in 1936 and spent all my holidays with my grandparents the Brockbanks who had a pub in North Lane called the Heroes of Lucknow. I had many trips to the Lido with my brother, we ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1947 by Anne Vines