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I was born in White Road in 1951 and went first to the nursery at Grace Road, where I remember a climbing net which was outside on a frame of some kind. It seemed huge. We had little blue camp beds ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook by magfrancis

Hi, just wondered if anyone remembers my Dad's shop at 126 Tooting High Street, it was situated between Webbs Scrap Metal Merchants and a factory called Sterns, opposite Woodbury Street, This would have been 1950's

A memory of Tooting by bgates42

My na me is Philip Stanway, I was bor n in 42 Jubilee street in November 1942 My best friend was ALan Bailey whom lived on Park road. New Mills was a great place to be growing up in at that time . So many open places, and the old ...Read more

A memory of New Mills by phillip.stanway

Bramley In The Years 1951 To 1967 A conversation with Lynden Flint From: john.holliday11@btopenworld.com To: Lynden Flint Hi Lynden. I do hope you are well and still on-line. I ...Read more

A memory of Bramley by john.holliday11

I am trying to find my Grandparents who lived in or around Alton. They were John Power and Martha Power (formerly Martha Brown). My father John Robert Power was born in Alton 18th November 1926 at 7, Tower Street Alton. He ...Read more

A memory of Alton by john.power

My Great, Great Aunt was Beatrice Spencer. She was a milliner and owned the Millinery/Hat Shop in Fore Street from the early 1900's . The shop was called Spencer's and Beatrice (Aunt Beat) lived on the premises, keeping a ...Read more

A memory of Sidmouth by robasawyer

The above memories have brought a lot back to me. I used Barnards for vinyl in the late 50s, my first LP was the Carl Perkins ‘Dance Album’, uninspiring title but a fantastic album of top rockabilly from the king. My second was ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by John Hawkins

hello . my family lived in two or three addresses in west gorton. in the 1930;s to 1950;s my grandma had a chip shop and i wondered if anyone remembers any of my family. the collens and the morans i would love to hear from anyone with any memories of them.

A memory of West Gorton by tanyfoel.holidays

Hi there born 16/02/1951 lived at 7 Barton street back to back no longer (there). Had gas lighting and electric lighting and a gas lamp outside my bedroom. Townhead cotton mill was at the bottom of our street and knocker upper use tap the ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale by Andrew J Howley

I remember Downside Estate, Morecombe Road (I think it was Road) very well as one of my best friends Pauline lived there and we used to go down to The Greyhound pub, High Street South, on Saturday nights. She used to have some fun parties too. I haven't thought about those in years.

A memory of Dunstable by Peter Humphrey