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I came to live in Boro with my parents, George & Mary Smith, and my young sister Karen, from Wingate, Co. Durham. My Dad was to take over as the first caretaker of the new Longlands College, which was still being ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1957 by George Smith

I was born in Byerley Road, Shildon, just up from the picture-house - Hippodrome I think. The male population worked either in the pits or on the railways, you could tell the time by the shift-ends when the men either went to work or ...Read more

A memory of Shildon in 1940

I was born in 1948 in South Hall Farms little cottage, which as I know is still there. The farm was owned by the Gunarys, I lived there until I was 19. I went to Lambs Lane Secondary School which ajoined the farm, so ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1958 by Stephen Ager

Cross Street , which connected Windsor St with Vine St, was obliterated by road development in the late 60's. The white building (front right) was originally The Catherine Wheel Inn, built in the 1500's and I believe the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

My name is Lynda Drew (nee Howarth). I remember St Abbs very fondly. In fact I have very great memories of the best holiday I can remember. My father, Stanley Howarth, was stationed at Coldingham with the RAF for a while during the 2nd ...Read more

A memory of Coldingham in 1954 by Lynda Drew

I was born near the end of the war in a house in Loring Road, Isleworth. My aunts, uncles & grandparents all lived in and around Isleworth. My father worked in the Pears Soap factory and my brothers & I all went to ...Read more

A memory of Isleworth in 1950 by Claire Wells

I was but a young lad of 13 when I were to stay in a small village called Oare with my brother-in-law and sister within a cottage of which was named the China Cottages. The cottages originally had ceilings as low as five feet ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1963 by Roland Mitchell

In the 1950s my parents and I were frequent visitors to friends made during the war years. They lived near Branston Road, Burton, and were business people. John, his wife Doris, and their daughter ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas in 1952 by Ronald Jones

My mam had died not so long ago when I was 8 years old. Me and my brother and sister, and my dad, we lived in Elm Street, near the wall at the river that came out of the Ebbw Vale steel works, a nasty smelly water way that would ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1946 by Roy Compton

From 1964 I have many memories of growing up in Nantymoel and the closeness of the community, when people cared for one another and helped each other in times of need. I can remember never locking our front door even at ...Read more

A memory of Nant-y-moel by Maria Gardner