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My parents rented one of these chalets, number 41 I believe, and we used to spend a lot of time down there sitting outside in the sun and walking across to the beach for a swim when it got too warm. We had a calor gas stove ...Read more

A memory of Worthing by David Marshall

Hi, I just stumbled on this fabulous site as I was trying to find some photos of the Duppas Hil Lane area. I lived at number 23 Duppas Hill Terrace from around 1963-71 and I would have been 12 or 13 ish when the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Simon Harlow Chalton

I was five years old when my parents bought 3, Molyneux Road , Farncombe in 1930. The houses were new, and there was electricity installed downstairs but not upstairs. There was an upstairs bathroom but the ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe by sidneycearl

I used to go there around the same time , there was a man there called Bilko and a young lad called Gellie who used to take the rides out, I often wonder if they are both still about, it would be nice ...Read more

A memory of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

My mother's family lived in Sturry all their lives. My Mum and her 3 siblings were born at 4 High Street and lived there for years. She even met my Dad there as he lived a short time at 3 High Street. My grandfather was head ...Read more

A memory of Sturry by jonsimzadi

Hi I was brought up in a 2 up and down number 88 old road Failsworth I think I was about 3 when my parents bought that house I remember I went to nursery which was located on a side street near the Failsworth cenotaph this ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth

I now Friends reunited has closed down I was browsing the tintermnet and found this website, bit of a surprise But anyway don’t know if anyone will remember me, Derrick I used to live in Newbury Close, right ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by plumberderrick99

I lived at High Dyke opposite Bewley's farm, I went to St. Pauls school and remember Mr T Moore the head teacher, farther down from our house was Trevaskis's shop which always smelt of firelighters, on the other side of the road was ...Read more

A memory of Frizington by bridged

My Grandad Jones purchased 141 Caerau Rd from 2 ladies following WWII - it cost him a grand total of 450pounds. The ladies stayed on and rented a back room for a while before Grandad had his father Oliver, his father's mistress Martha and ...Read more

A memory of Caerau by bronwyn.howlett

About once a fortnight mum and I use to come into Eccles via the No.9 bus from Worsley. Use to walk down Clarendon Rd. and onto Church Street. In fact my parents lived in a flat above a butchers shop further down. At the bottom was ...Read more

A memory of Eccles by Lynette Foster