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I worked in Crewe 1980/81 In a shop called Motorist Discount Centre anyone remember it, or anyone who worked there? I then worked at Brown Bros motor factors on Crewe gates estate for a couple of years. Happy days 😊

A memory of Crewe by petebutler

The shop on the right is Hobleys' Ironmongers. As a youngster I would buy my fishing tackle, airgun pellets, & sheath-knives there. I would gave in awe at the new Diana & BSA airguns that they stocked - way ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer

I started out working life at the pontypool store ,Mr Galander manager ,in the stockroom with Gwen later on the floor 'then being moved to Newport! Those were the days when ponty Meant something!! The streets were full on Fridays and ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool by Terry Price

I was born at 83 Kingsway in August 1952 at my grandparents' home. My mother was Joan Carter (nee Harrison) who was born in Bennett Street, Ardwick, Manchester and my father was Brian Carter who was born in Rotherfield ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by david.b.carter

Hi there my name is Steve Belding and I used to live as a child in Cowplain. We lived at 29 Greenfield Crescent , I was 3 years old till I was 9. I went to Padnell Road School. My dad was store manager at Tesco in Gosport and Fareham. ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain by stvbelding

Jean Sheard mentions the Embassy Dancehall. This was not actually opposite St Bartholomew's Church but a bit further north, a little short of the junction with Northumberland Avenue. In the mid 1950s young girls ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hall by glhatamble_2

As a six year old in 1949 I was taken to Pembroke Dock to visit my Grandparents, from whom we were almost estranged. My only memory of the visit is looking out of the upstairs window above their butcher’s shop ...Read more

A memory of Pembroke Dock by julie.lingwood

I have no memories of Blackwood as such. My interest started when I retired and took on my Genealogy! Anyway, I knew about Ossie Brown and the family butcher's shop in High St but especially his father, Arthur J Brown, my ...Read more

A memory of Blackwood by Cherryl Wharton

I visited Bedlinog during the late 1960's when my Grandmother Elsie Price (ne Phillips) would travel from Windsor Road, Edwardsville with me and my identical twin sister Jane to visit my grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Bedlinog by lizhuntley07

My great grand mother was born in 1890 and lived in Burton in Lonsdale all her 83 years. She was my guardian after my father died (Jim Coates) at the young age of 21 in 1969. My ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by gjcoates