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My mom lived in the shop at Shelf Roundabout but moved away to Bradford, I think when she met my dad. When I was 8 my mom, now on her own, must have felt the pull back to Shelf and brought me and my sister, Linda to live on ...Read more

A memory of Shelf by Stephen Lines

133 Clemintine Road, Layton - Charles Henry Darby his wife Laura Charlotte Woolston. He was a baker, he had daughters; Vera Frances and Gwendoline Phyllis and sons; Ernest Edward and Joseph William. They had ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1910 by Joann Whittaker

This is a picture of Fernhurst crossroads looking towards Haslemere, up the hill. Vann Road is to the left and Church Road is to the right. The building on the right is the local Post Office and I believe the building with the ...Read more

A memory of Fernhurst

Heading out of the village, our next port of call is the Scout Hut.  Was it still there?  Well the old gravel path that we used to walk or cycle up was blocked by new buildings. ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1970 by John Hughes

My earliest recollection was sitting waiting for Santa on the staircase in my granny's house watching the glistening Christmas tree. Also sledging down the bank from Tantobie Road ends down to Sleepy Valley with my ...Read more

A memory of Tantobie in 1958 by Jennifer Cain

The road you see, scarring the middle left of the picture, is known as Bow Road. Apparently there was a farm at the top of this road known as Bow Farm. The housing estate that was subsequently built in the post war years after 1945, ...Read more

A memory of Greenock by Hugh Gurney

An update to my earlier post where I say my mum and dad live in a tenament building with an outdoor toilet shared with two other famillies, I saw that same house up for sale recently £850,000!!!!

A memory of South Ockendon in 1960 by Glenn Spicer

My gggg grandfather Hamilton or James Biggar born in mid 1700s married to Marion McKie. I am looking for any info on the Biggars who lived in Lochrutton. Dumfriesshire around that time, Their son William b 1798 in Lochrutton d ...Read more

A memory of Lochrutton Loch in 1870 by Derek William Biggar Dickson

Or what about camping up the Dingle next to the cave that would take you all the way through to Abercarn? Yeah, of course it did. Orrrrrrrrrrr: Snooker Hall, Stagsies (Styles shops), Carol's shop, Roma's, The shop in Penllwyn Street ...Read more

A memory of Cwmfelinfach by Lyndon Smith

My Dad, Ray Hall, was born in Hutton. His dad John Hall was a tailor and his cousin May Hall ran the post office. I would come to the village as a child and often played with Basil, who lived with May. One winter I ...Read more

A memory of Hutton Rudby in 1952 by Peter Hall