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I lodged at eight Parkfield Road with my father who worked at Perivale during & after the war. I was an apprentice at F J Creamer at Stanmore. The house was owned by Mr & Mrs Wade who had an adopted son called Fred, who was an ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1945 by Richard M Howard

I was born 1944 in Ashley, Cheshire at Birkin Farm. My granddad, Harold Lanceley was head of forestry for Clibrans Nusery, Hale, Cheshire. Found out a lot about his WW1 history. Harry Lanceley, sailed with ...Read more

A memory of Ashley in 1947 by Susan Sant

I started at Hurn in 1980. I remember having to go to London in the summer to John Lewis for the huge uniform & kit. Having come from a poor background it was amazing that I was going to a private school and how ...Read more

A memory of Hurn in 1980 by James Henderson

My name is Pamela, my last name used to be NEAL. I lived in a farm house down this long country lane from 1952-1958. We had chickens and pigs. Our neighbor had a daughter called Sally Ann. Her dad had greyhounds and we went ...Read more

A memory of Horsham St Faith in 1952 by Pamela Neal/Musgrave

I lived with my parents and younger brother, Ian, at Glendoll, and attending Clova School where the teacher was Mrs. Conicher with a son named Rab. My dad used to take us to school and fetch ...Read more

A memory of Glen Clova in 1950 by Jean Fettes

I lived in Lemington untill 1954 approx and we lived in the front row of the Pit Row houses. We could stand outside and watch the trains going past full of coal and wave to the drivers, playing on the pit heaps, wouldn't like the washing ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1953 by Rosemary Cawley

My daughter's great aunt lived at Nazareth House in Northampton and died there a spinster in the 1970s. I have contacted them several times but have never got a reply. The lady's name was Margaret Durden and she was a servant all ...Read more

A memory of Northampton in 1970 by R K

We rented 14 Fore Street from the Jecks-Wrights from 1971-1973. My husband, was stationed at RAF Bentwaters and he used to work evenings at the Trust House Forte Hotel. Mrs Jecks-Wright would stop by almost every morning ...Read more

A memory of Framlingham in 1971 by Carleen Shepp

My Mother and I arrived in 1974, from a divorced Warrington and the dilapidation of the north-west. Merrily drinking tea and eating custard tarts in the bare miners' cottage living room, sitting in a deck chair and eating from a ...Read more

A memory of Gwespyr in 1977 by James Harrison

I used to go along to Ffynnongroyw to play with my mate Mark Mellor at his parents which was the chip-shop. I remember playing on the beach and the old dock/railway buildings for hours on end. One day we found lots of 'jelly ...Read more

A memory of Ffynnongroyw by James Harrison