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What an interesting photograph of a grey painted tram heading for the 'Queens Hotel' terminus which was just over half of a mile away. It would take just over five minutes and three tramstops to reach ...Read more

A memory of Old Colwyn in 1920 by John Owen

I was looking through the photes of Beverley, the man in the picture of the Lock, in the flat cap and shirt sleeves must be Mr Block. He used to come round to my house when I was a boy selling mushrooms that he collected on Figham.

A memory of Beverley in 1960 by Tony Foster

Well, I don't remember then, but my father was born in the gatehouse or lodge in 1901. Does anyone have a photo of the lodge? Do they remember it or was it demolished before the 1940s/'50s?

A memory of Bisley in 1900 by Elizabeth Gabriel

The small house in this photo was referred to as the Loom House. It was the childhood home of my great-grandmother, Mary Hamill. Her father, Sam Hamill, was the caretaker of the Causeway in the late 1800s.

A memory of Giant's Causeway in 1890 by Liz Fellwock

My sister and I are from Canada and came to Scotland this past month, August, 2009, to see where our mother, Kathleen Low, and her family were born and raised in their youth. After many years of hearing them describe their ...Read more

A memory of Johnshaven in 1900 by Judi Parry

My great grandfather, Andrew Corden LOWE moved to Tenbury Wells about 1904 with his wife Florence "Flo" and their two little children: Douglas age 4 and my grandmother Cordelia "Queenie", age 1. He was an ...Read more

A memory of Tenbury Wells in 1900 by Mandy Sutton

The Rev Thomas Arthur Bairstow was my Grandfather. His last church prior to retirement, was Grassington Congregational Church. He was the minister there from 1943-47. When I visited in 2007 I took a photo of the church.

A memory of Grassington by Mrs H. L Sharpe

1952 is apporoximate. I know I wasn't very old as I went to the village school (now converted to private dwellings) next to the little church. My mother was housekeeper to the ex Bishop of Malmesbury for about nine months and we ...Read more

A memory of Upper Minety in 1952 by Sonia James

For the last 35 years I have owned by uncle Frank's 1956 Morris Cowley ( reg 330 HHX). For many years I drove it as my preferred vehicle and then, sadly, it sat in a barn until 2 years ago when I began it's recommission. ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by David Reeve

I am interested in any information about, or photos of, the McCrie family who lived in Redcar from around 1900 to around 1930.

A memory of Redcar in 1900 by Alan Netherton