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I lived in Southern Drive from 1957 until 1968 went to the Albert Memorial junior school Moved to Cheetham hill in 1968 we hated it and moved back to Malham crescent in 1969 Worked as a paper boy for Bob and Winnie at the local paper ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by David Mc Hale

My maternal grandmother, born in 1885 in Salford, as a girl worked in the mills. Up to the time of her death in Ladywell hospital, at the age of 93, she always wore long clothes to her ankles and a woollen, thick shawl. When gran ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Anne Whyte

My three friends and I visited Torpenhow several times during the 1980s. We were from Yorkshire, and our school had a facility in Torpenhow village with dormitories, canteen etc, and the school would take us there on trips. When we left ...Read more

A memory of Torpenhow by John Dillon

Hello Mark Waller, I came across your illuminating text when looking for information regarding Stubbington House in regard to my memoir, which I am currently writing. It's fascinating to read the other comments from ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by Peter Moore

I MET MY LATE WIFE KATH IN ARDWICK GREEN PARK, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, LITTLE DID I KNOW A FEW YEARS LATER, WE WOULD BE MARRIED, I PLACED SOME OF KATHS ASHES, IN ARDWICK GREEN PARK, WHEN SHE PASSED ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by Steve/Andy Anderson

I lived in Wigpool after the Second World War with my new wife and baby son. There were no proper roads to the village, just mud tracks which became impassable in the winter for vehicles. This meant we had to ...Read more

A memory of Wigpool Common in 1948 by Colin Hall

I remember my parents swinging me between them along a fir tree'd lane to the sea, singing 'Sailor Boy-oh'. We were camping at a site run by a man called 'Roly' (Rowlandson perhaps). Imagine my parents' delight at camping under ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming in 1945 by Joy Heyes

I was born in Mayday but brought up in Lansdowne Road for the first two and a half years. I remember the fountain being in the grounds of the water works where Tesco is now situated. When I was nearly 3 we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1960

I have so many memories of this place. I was born in Martley Drive, 1947, my grandparents originally bought the house back in the 1920s when they moved from Bethnal Green. It was a good place to live, I went to ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by Barbara Budd

Hi Bill. Just picked up your memories of Denham which is really great. You may not remember me but I remember you and your Dad, Sargeant Smith. I was born in 1940 in Courtfield Gardens a small cul-de-sac ...Read more

A memory of Denham by John Hawkins