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I am with my Dad, peter Brandon, who was also evacuated to the area during the war with his 2 brothers and sister and parents. They were in a terrace of cottages, Dinnaton Cottages south od Swimbridge. he went to Swimbridge school, probably ...Read more

A memory of Swimbridge by Tony Brandon

My name is John Lines. I will always consider Barnes to be my home. I was born in 1951 in Railway Street which had allotments and even Jack Sedgewick's Pigs between the end of the road and the railway line. The Old Barnes ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by John Lines

Two years after our first visit we came again, bringing our own river cruisers towed by our own cars. We had located a slipway to launch at Martham boatyard prior to starting the holiday. The location at Martham was ...Read more

A memory of Potter Heigham in 1970 by Mike Atherley

My mum was born in Brandon in 1910, one of 14 children. She sailed to Australia on the Vedic in 1926 and sadly never returned to Brandon. My son and I visited Brandon in 2010 and were disappointed to find that the street ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 2010 by Helen Fry

I recall moving house from the Spike, Blaydon, to a newly built house in Linden Road, Blaydon. The steps leading down from the gateway where not quite finished so my Dad had laid wooden planks down so my mum could get down to the ...Read more

A memory of Blaydon in 1955 by Isobel Dunbar

Hi, my name is Robert Hartness l went to BRANDON/Dalziel from 1963 till 1966, l would like to hear from any.old classmates who were in 3 jacks, it's been just over 50 years since I left Motherwell and would like to hear from you. Cheers

A memory of Motherwell by roberthartness

Old Row, Golds Hill, does anybody remember the pub called The Boat on Canalside next to Old Row? I know that Old Row was pulled down in 1936 and the pub was de-licensed by 1938, that was when my grandparents lived there, the Mcdonalds, we ...Read more

A memory of Golds Green in 1930 by Malcolm Glass

This memory of 1961, and me and me pal Wes Coulthard started work at the Delta Rolling Mills (this was over Scotswood Bridge towards Blaydon, left along the river by the Skiff Inn). It was hard work but the dosh was better than other ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1961 by Jimmy Burrows

After a trip to Gilfach Goch in July 1999 I started researching my family tree. I live in Cape Town South Africa and my mother was Ida Brandon, born 2nd February 1919. Her brother was Ernest Brandon and her sister Lilian. ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1999 by Frances Charles

It was about 1953 when we discovered pluffers and ca caws. The pluffer was a device we used for a pea-shooter. This was a straight stem from a weed and it was about an inch or so in diameter, hollow through the centre and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows