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I was born at 124 Clowes Street, West Gorton in 1947 and attended St Marks' School between 1953 and 1959. The Head was the formidable Mrs Clayton, and the Deputy Head was Mr Platt, but it was the lovely ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1947 by John Holmes

My grandfather bought Hendersons in c1911 and it was the principal drapers and furnishers in the town until my Dad sold the business c1961. It then became a John Blundells and is now I believe the Waitrose in the Old High Street. ...Read more

A memory of Stevenage in 1945 by Philip Henderson

I too, remember Mr Foden (Church Coppenhall Juniors) along with Mrs Kruger, who used to scare me when she read 'The Hobbit'. Mrs Barker from Broad Street Infants and even before then I remember being at the nursery school next to St ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Carole Capper (Stretton)

1970-1971'ish, there was a homeless man named Trevor Hughes who used to wander the streets around the Guildhall and the market. He always wore a daffodil in his hat and was the local character. The probation officers made sure he got ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1970 by Marion Del Favero

I remember Queen's Park very well, first because my music teacher lived across the street from the back entrance, secondly when I was older it used to be the place to go and be seen on weekends for all of us teens!!

A memory of Crewe in 1955 by Carole Moss King

I wonder if anyone remembers the taxi firm in Radlett in the 1950`s and `60s - Howards Cars on Watling Street, or Harry Beeson, the taxi driver. They had a 1938 Austin Eighteen (JMY 950) which was often used for weddings. This car has ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1960 by Michael Kelly

My father, Thomas Henry Williams, was born at 57 High Street, Troedrhiwfuwch in 1908. In his early 20's he left Troedy for Bristol, to look for work. It was in Bristol that he met and married my mother, and ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1947 by Roy Williams

I can vaguely remember the outdoor market, where the newsagent is now. At the top of Green Lane (near the chip shop), there was a side street (at the back of where the newsagents is now) , and the stalls would be on there. And then ...Read more

A memory of Rawmarsh by Chris Lowe

At the house where we lived from 1928 until 1935, (No 24 Barracks Road, Burnley, now called Cavalry Way), it was called a 'back to back' row cottage. It comprised of two bedrooms upstairs, one just about able to fit a double ...Read more

A memory of Burnley in 1930 by Rowland Farrer

Hi Francis, I was born and bred in West Bank Street Salford, across the road from the Police Station on Regent Road (where the fairground was). I attended Regent Rd School from 1952 until 1960 when ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1958 by Bill Jolly