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To add to the latest entry, I was born in Sheriff Hill, born on Windy Nook Road, and my grand-parents lived in Hewson Street, and my grand-mother lived on Windy Nook Road. My memories are a little earlier than the last entry. South ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill by Robert Hall

My nana was Toppy Dixon (nee Gossop) and lived in the white house mentioned by Julia - actually the house was called Woodlands. My grandad was Bert Dixon, he worked in the signal box at Staddlethorpe Station. I spent ...Read more

A memory of Gilberdyke by Susan Wakeford

My family, James and Isa Lewis, brother James and myself lived in a semi-detached villa on Monifieth Road, Broughty Ferry opposite the school, for a period before and after the Second World War commenced. ...Read more

A memory of Broughty Ferry in 1940 by Alison Stratton

I am tracing any info about my ancesters. My granddad James Partridge was born in Shrewsbury 30.12.1885. He worked for GWR as an engine driver. His mom and dad were James Partridge, born in 1862, a gas fitter, and married ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury in 1860 by Stephanie Ball

I was born in Cinderford in 1962 and lived there until the mid 1980s. Through my childhood the town centre around the Square (now called the Triangle!) was busy and prosperous with all sorts of shops, my favourites being Woolies ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford by Jeff Jones

This bridge is usually referred to as a seven arched bridge but looking at this 1888 photograph, there appears to be eight of them. The tunnel nearest the camera still exists and I recall how it once gave access to ...Read more

A memory of Looe by Brian Smith

My Grandparents were Charlie and Mary Solomon, they lived in Timaru House on the main road. They had five children Bert, Les, Evelyn, Geoff and my mother Gwen. My Aunt Evelyn married Edward Williams who was ...Read more

A memory of St Columb Minor by Noreen Keenleyside

I remember your parents so well, running the shop. Your father used to add everything up himself out loud, and your mum was always so quiet and kind, with her long dark hair pinned up. And I remember they had a Ford Anglia car and I ...Read more

A memory of Menheniot by Carrie Gregory

I grew up in Surrey Gardens, first at "Ceuta", then at White Croft. My father, Mr Crump, purchased the plot of land beside the footpath and the house was built 1947/8. During my childhood, Surrey Gardens was ...Read more

A memory of Effingham by Angela Haddrill

I was born in Edgware in 1939 at 66 Warwick Avenue. I remember the war years 1939 to 1945... Anderson shelter, Morrison Shelter. I remember the first time I saw ny father, when he came home from the war in ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1945 by Barry Rudd