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I lived in a two story flat, over what was Barclays Bank. Almost opposite was the Guidhall and St Nicholas and Faith Church. We had a clear view from our lounge and upper bedroom window of the road leading to the station and ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1949 by Raymond Guy

This is not the lower high street at Wadhurst but the Flimwell Crossroads with the A21 passing from left to right and the road to Ticehurst beyond.

A memory of Wadhurst in 1900 by Michael Flegg

Loved the youth club on Pant Street .  Also the gym with boxing, weights, football, judo etc.   The snooker hall was great and the famous cafe Aserattis Gattis with the pinball, wurlittzer, bottles of coke and the steamed pies.  And the annual Balfour Barry trips.  What a life.

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1970 by Tony Williams

Greetings,  My name is Diane and I am an American who lived in the Grange on High Street in Islip in the early 60's.  My father was in the USAF stationed at Alconberry.   I have fond memories of Islip.  I remember going to the ...Read more

A memory of Islip in 1962 by Diane Olson

When I first came to Pentraeth in 1950, I became very intrigued by the nicknames attached to certain individuals. In fact, they were better known by their nicknames than by their own names. One example ...Read more

A memory of Pentraeth in 1950 by James Griffiths

The hot summer of 1976 - I was 16 and studying for my O levels in between minding the shop for my adopted parents Bert and Mary Belli. Our cafe was one of two Belli cafes in the town, but of course I always thought ours was superior and ...Read more

A memory of Blaenavon in 1976 by Stephen Belli

James O. Clazey and his wife, Charlotte lived at 4 Cambria Street from 1881 to the 1900s. James had been a schoolmaster and does not appear in the 1901 Census so somewhere before that time...he died. Charlotte had a ...Read more

A memory of Houghton-Le-Spring in 1890 by Sharon Spry

Both my mother and my uncle were born at my nan's house in Quarry Street. My mother was born there on 11th February 1927.  My uncle was born there fourteen months prior to my mother.  My nan had nine children, seven sons then ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1920 by Susan White

The late 40's through the mid 50's. Some 50 plus years have now passed, since I was a " kid " on the streets of Burnt Oak. How life has changed. I now sit at my computer ( here in Tennessee, USA ), and have instant ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Dave Miller

I have put 1947 but infact it is from earlier than that to 1954. I think this was a great place for us as kids as we had freedom and not much parental control, I think mainly due to our parents who had just survived the war years, ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted in 1944 by Ian Simmons