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By going to my granny's and playing in the swing park. I came from Gretna and I had 2 sisters named Norah and Rona. I went to school with Sally Portues who married a soldier from Gretna called Gardner. She still lives in Gretna.

A memory of Mossband Ho in 1951 by Maureen Wylie

I came to croft as I will always remember it, with my Mother and two Sisters, looking for my Dad, who was in a Searchlight detachment in Hurworth. We stayed at first with the Mansfield family, before we got Rose Cottage in Hurworth. I am ...Read more

A memory of Croft-on-Tees by tom.f.young

I was born in July 1937 in Lord Asquith house which was a maternity home in those days.my parents were Dennis and Anne Pickersgill... They told me that I was so tiny I fitted into a shoe box lined with cotton wool..and kept on the oven ...Read more

A memory of Morley by rlinhart

I was at fallin primary,capt cracie was head,he was always marching us into the hall;I was born in 3rd block,then family moved to stirling rd,I remember the fire,was in the house with my gran and cousin david,mum had taken my brother to the ...Read more

A memory of Fallin by tayloremily6

Like Andrew, I was also living in New Haw around the same time. We came to 144 Woodham Lane, about 1964 and I attended New Haw County Primary school from my 4th to 10 th year. My Dad was from Ireland, Mortimer, he had a business ...Read more

A memory of New Haw

Hi, I worked on a farming scheme in1953 when I was 15, we lived in a wooden built hostel just down from the railway station as you came out and turned right, you turned right again and it was set back from the road. I would love to find ...Read more

A memory of Burscough

Both of my parents came from Lowestoft, my Dad William Elder lived in Kirkley Street and was born in 1919. My Mum Iris Coleman lived in St Peters Street. Her Grandfather was on the lifeboats and they used to live I think in Spurgeons Score ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft

I started school at 5yrs old ii then lived in Fernlea Avenue the house was called Anglo West and was number 44 (how i remember this so well i do not know) my mum took me to school through the park the school was not far from the end of the ...Read more

A memory of Herne Bay

Another reason that I liked to visit Leatherhead was because my Auntie Mag had a shop there and I was always guaranteed a welcome that invariably included a sticky bun or some similar magnet to a young ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Brian Simmons

I nursed here 1962until 1963. There was a porter called Brian Donaldson who worked there until he became a radio officer on The Empress of England. When he came home he brought me my first bottle of Channel no 5( still my Fav). Wonder what became of him.Happy days

A memory of Heswall by valmai.thomas