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I remember living on Perry Vale above the old bus garage, and my brother and I would go to Horniman Museum, then go about 400 yards behind and there was a castlelated building consisting of a basement first and ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hill by hubertgarner

I remember being brought up as a child around my Grand -dads business. My grand parents run a family business called Waldec. It was a timber yard and DIY business. Mr n Mrs Jones. Around 1967 I would like to go back and ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by dollyx1

My Family of Shepherd's have lived in Tottington for four generations. My Great Grandfather was Joseph Shepherd, born in 1924 in Bury. He married Emily Bennett whose family lived at 16 Club Row, Tottington. Her father was ...Read more

A memory of Tottington by louise_birtwistle

I was born right across the road from this row of shops ,at no. 491 they were every old cottages ,the end one being the old police station, complete with dungeon, the elderly lady who lived there still had the front as it was as a ...Read more

A memory of Heaton Mersey by peterdale40

This early picture of Settle shows the River Ribble as it bypasses the South/West of the actual town, the Bridge in the middle left carries the A65 trunk road which then ran through the very center of Settle, and was the main ...Read more

A memory of Settle by peter

i was born in 1946 off Latham avenue I can remember the big pond as we called it being drained at the bottom Latham avenue, and old wooden boats exposed and burnt...to build spur road ? My dad worked at old quay offices in Mersey road and ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn by edwardsg

I LIVED IN TUFTON RD FROM 1938 TO 1964 GOOING BACK TO THE 50sTHE RIVER OVER FLOD D RIGHT TO MY BACK GARDEN now i lived at 37 that was the last house in the road THE RIVER WAS ABOUT 2 TO 3 100 YARDS FROM MY GARDEN IT ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by tony1938.tg

When I was a child in the 1940s, this sports field belonged to the Post Office. Occasionally there would be a horse in residence and this is where I had my first and only ride on such an animal. The stadium on the left caught ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by Norman Langridge

The photograph shows the entry to Hell Mill Lane (sometimes called Riley Road) which runs along the valley of the Little Avon towards Ozleworth; to the right behind the trees is Wortley Farm, occupied in the 1940's by the ...Read more

A memory of Wortley by rontavender

From 1954-60 I travelled from Blackfield to the Gregg School in Winn Road. It was a 'long and winding' road by bus, so it became an adventure to travel by the Hythe Ferry. A walk or run up the pier, or a fun ride in the ...Read more

A memory of Hythe by Clifford Clifford