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I was Christened at Brimington Bethel Chapel in July 1945, for some unknown reason, on a Tuesday. From my early memories I recall attending Bethel every Sunday twice a day and either walking it or catching the bus from ...Read more

A memory of Brimington in 1948 by Geoffrey Marsden

Does anyone remeber playing under the arches at Stairfoot? It was great, we could play out in the rain because it didn't rain under the arches. I was born under them, the steam trains went over my house, what memories. Can anyone else remember those days?

A memory of Stairfoot in 1954 by Jenny Cave

My grandfather James Head and his wife Mary were the first owners of Arreton and my father told me he used to play in the meadows at the rear of the house. He told me there was a river there where he caught roach, perch and ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1920 by Patrick Head

I arrived at Merriott with my school shortly after Dunquirke inthe Second World War. I was billeted with the Arnolds. Mr Arnold was a preacher at the local Gospel Hall. I shared the bedroom with their son Eric who was then 15 years. ...Read more

A memory of Hinton St George in 1940 by Donald Bell

I lived at my grandmother's house in Wolverhampton Street in Bilston. My gran's name was Mary Ann Tucker and she had a son called Ralph, my uncle who was only 2 or 3 years older than me (don't ask me). He had a neighbour called Jones ...Read more

A memory of Bilston in 1940 by Derek Dunn

The house referred to as 'The Haunted House' was occupied when I lived in Abridge from 1950 to 1961 (see the memory below). It belonged to the Bayles' family and had a beautiful, but rather wild garden at the back. At the age of 16 ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1957 by Helena Rogers

I was brought up in the village from the age of two years until I left at the age of 16 years, we lived at 16 Quarry Close. I went to school at Woodville. I came from a large family we was poor, didn't have much and lived in a three ...Read more

A memory of Stour Provost in 1969 by Mary Misselbrook

We lived at 15 High Street in Tyldesley in the 1950s & 1960s along with Mum & Dad - Kathleen & Jim, and our siblings - Terry & Patricia. We lived there until we moved up Shakerley in 1968. We remember ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley in 1964 by Mary & Ann Wall

This is my family's ancestral home. My grandmother and her sisters were braught up here from the 1920s. Her father George Sayner worked as a linesman at this station and the family rented the house from the railway company. I have ...Read more

A memory of Horsforth

The house on the right of this photo was my home - Bronte Cottage. I have been told that it was once used as the coach house for the school and certainly I remember stone flagged floors to the largest room on the ground floor. ...Read more

A memory of Cowan Bridge by Sue Dickson