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I lived on Longmoor Lane, 101, and have fond but distant memories of the 50's and 60's. There were still stables for the canal tow horses at the foot of the bridge crossing the canal in Sandiacre town centre. I played with ...Read more

A memory of Sandiacre by Alan Hickman

i was born in 1932 in malmesbury rd Canning Town in a house backing on to the railway goods and shunting yards. This provoked battle between the shunting locomotive firemen and my mother drying nappies on a clothes line on the ...Read more

A memory of Ledbury by g.olmit

My paternal grandparents lived at number 8 Muir Street. We used to travel up from England to visit them for the long school summer holidays, for many years. If I remember correctly, their neighbours were the ...Read more

A memory of Balloch by gerr.quinn

In the Fifties I discovered, or rather was introduced to, a coffee bar somewhere in Lemington, in Newcastle and this became the place to go! I don't remember what we drank - coffee? squash? I have no recollection. But what I do ...Read more

A memory of Lemington by Trish Bailey

In 1940 aged fourteen I was put on a hospital-train from Norwich to Shotley Bridge Hospital.it was mainly full of wounded soldiers from the Dunkirk retreat. No reason was ever given for my being sent to Shotley. The ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge by antonyhayman

For some time I had been thinking it would be nice to own a boat, and with this in mind I would keep my eyes open. It was only then I discovered boats for sale were very few and far between. You might think in a place like ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth by Ian Giles

My mum Ruby Osbourne born in 1913 and her brothers and sisters grew up in Lowestoft. She married my dad a sailor in the Royal Navy and was then Ruby Pearce. She later moved to Wiltshire with my two brothers due to the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft by barree64

I remember passing through in the fifties on the way to West Wycombe. As you approached from London along the A40 you passed a toll house and went under a railway bridge carrying the Loudwater line. On the bridge was a painted an advert ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Nick Beard

My Great Grandfather was Manager of Ilkley Brewery. He went on to be Mayor of Ilkley and opened the New Bridge. on 2June 1906. Further research is needed after which I will present more to this site. Rosie Barnard.

A memory of Ilkley by rosierockchick1

I started Woodlesford school about 1957, i remember been in my first class with a teacher called Miss Sawyer ( i think it was spelt ). Also a boy called David Goodwin i seem to belive that was his name. i loved play time at that ...Read more

A memory of Woodlesford by kennethfowler25