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MY FAMILY AN I LIVED ON DAVEYHULME ROAD STRETFORD I WAS BORN THERE AN LIVED WITH MY 5 BROTHERS AN 4 SISTERS WE LIVED NEXT DOOR TO BARLOWS NEWSAGENT AN SWEET HUT AN ACROSS THE ROAD WAS THE CHIPPY FOOD SHOP COBLERS AN THE ...Read more

A memory of Stretford by David Barrow

I lived in Marple Grove from 1945 until 1965 - we used to go into the back fields and either play in the brook at the top near Park Road, or in the next field with a lot of pipes. There was a strong rope suspended from the railway ...Read more

A memory of Stretford by Irene Rawlinson

My dad was a young soldier with The Kings own Scottish Borders. They were stationed (billeted) in Upminster around the old windmill area. Before they left for the Normandy invasion, they spent lots of time socializing at the ...Read more

A memory of Upminster by Edddie Kennedy

This view shows the old North Eastern Railway Station at Pateley Bridge, this line from Harrogate, opened in May 1862 and closed to passengers in March 1951, just three years before we went to live in Pateley Bridge, ...Read more

A memory of Pateley Bridge by Robert Goulding

My mum lived here for about 7 years until 1967, her father was the village policeman and they lived in The Police House in Eynsford.  Mum was christened in St Martin's Church and went to the primary school which has been ...Read more

A memory of Eynsford

Looking back now I think I must have been terrified when my dad took my sister and I on the swing boats which swung out so far you could see the water of the river underneath you. As you pulled ...Read more

A memory of Stourport-on-Severn by Kathy Adams Nee Cook

I moved to 11 Little Road when I was three. Opposite our little Victorian house was the playground, attended everyday by a lady who used to sit in her little hut and make tea. The road was a cul de sac, two rows of Victorian ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Anne Offor

Whilst the man is 'punting' he is in fact the ferryman and the boat is the Ferry at St Catherine. A replica was built in the 1960s (?) and was used for some years prior to the building of the present bridge. Mr Peter Turner who lives in Meadow Bank nearby might be more help.

A memory of Guildford by David Scrivener

I remember Fox Hill (Fox Bonk) and sliding down on cardboard in the summer and sledges in the winter. I remember John, Colin, Mike and Ian, all kids from around the 'Bullring' - Church Road, Mount Road and Ryder Street. I also ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley by Jim Rides

My name is Kevin Mears, I lived in Wickford from my birth in 1958 until I got married in 1980. I shall describe my memories of Wickford in the 1960s and 1970s as a couple of walks ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears