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I was at Duke’s Wood School in 1940/1 at the age 10 years (I’m not sure whether it was called that at that time). I stayed in the ‘Poplars’ dormitory and, as I recall, there was a veranda at the entrance to the dorm, not ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1941 by Alan Bowman

As a child I grew up close to Biddulph Old Hall and spent many hours playing around it and listening to stories of an old lady who was a neighbour and who had grown up at Biddulp Old Hall as the child of the Butler/Cook. She ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph in 1890 by Georgina Kettle Gundry

Memories are the garnish of our later years... During my extreme youth, the closest we ever got to a summer holiday was a week spent with our maternal grandparents. My father would trundle us through to their ...Read more

A memory of Felixstowe in 1957 by Mo Haarhoff

To this very day my memories of my childhood remain happy ones. For many reason really, in the 1970s the village was a fantastic place to live. We lived on Dukes Meadow just behind the Drum and Monkey. Everywhere was reachable ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1973 by J R Lyons

The Llandoger Trow - It is rumoured that Daniel DeFoe had met Alexander Selkirk ( shipwrekced sailor who had been rescued by a Bristol ship) in the Llandoger, on whose story he based his book 'Robinson Crusoe'. The ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

The large building just beyond the memorial was long ago replaced by newer BOROUGH COUNCIL offices. Beyond that is where Coval Lane was constructed, and across that road is where the PAVILION CINEMA stood. Just past the car ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

I spent most of my summers camping in Bontddu at the camp site Tyddyn Du, with my Nan (Kate), Billy and my Aunts and Uncles. Every bank holiday and our two week holidays were spent there. Myself and my cousin Robert, must have ...Read more

A memory of Bontddu in 1975 by Keith Brown

This is what we always called Fivo or the proper name was Five Lane Ends. Some people just called it Skellow with it being the next village. The garage is on the left just out of shot - I remember that being run by Elaine & Pat, and ...Read more

A memory of Skellow in 1975 by Mick Barnett

I went to Gobowen School from about 1964-1970. I lived in Hengoed, and when I first started school in Gobowen, my mum used to take me and collect me on the back of her bike. As I got older, I walked down Trewern Lane and cut ...Read more

A memory of Gobowen in 1966 by Gary Edwards

Does anyone remember going down the Sarn to play in the river? I went with my Aunty Edna and cousins Deanna, Desmond and Pauline Dyke in school holidays.

A memory of Caergwrle by Julie Roberts