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I remember delivering meat to the Edith Brough home for my father who was the manager of Charley Young at the time. I don't know why the children were there I thought they were the result of broken homes, marriages or orphans.I ...Read more

A memory of Whickham in 1953 by Derek Armstrong

I was born in 1953 and live at Number 2 Thornton Square just on the opposite side of Manchester Road to Ryan Street where I went mumming down to Donisthorpe Street where my Great Auntie Doris lived. I was dressed in what was called a ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by Angela Jordan Nee Sutcliffe

My Father Frank Garrett was stationed, very early in the Second World War, in an Army Camp in the Treacle Bolly area, west of Malborough. As a Butcher by trade he was a, or maybe the ‘Mess’ Butcher for a field Mess, I think, in the ...Read more

A memory of Malborough in 1940

I lived at 22 Bristol Ave,that ran onto Broom lane,At the other side was a railway sidings and Jacksons Brick works.The next road to us was Station Rd which ran from broom lane to Stockport road.i remember going town on a tram.when I ...Read more

A memory of Levenshulme in 1950 by Ian Marsden

And so i became a full teenage worker, ha ha , off to earn all that fabulous money, to buy all i wanted and roll around every where in style, be like the grown ups , drink beer down the pub or up the pub in my ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1966 by Nicolas Fumarola

Hello. I see that Linda, daughter of Mac - our old Maître D - has posted a memory of the Moorland. So nice to hear from you Linda and to know that your memory has not failed you. It's so sad to hear that your dear ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1969 by David Smith

The cinema at the left hand edge of the photo played cartoons and very short comedy  films in a half-hour program that played in a non-stop repeating loop. I believe the veranda next to the cinema was over the entrance to a penny ...Read more

A memory of Cleethorpes in 1956 by John Ellingford

Outdoor party on 'the patch' with jelly, sandwiches and CAKE! All the kids in costume and then races down 'the field' where I won a race and had a medal. Wonderful. Nearly forgot to mention the mug and tin of cadbury's chocolates we were all given.

A memory of Ynysddu in 1953 by Elizabeth Holland

The old Comberton Hotel is only just visible at the margin right; owned by Len Grove who turned it into flats and opened a betting office on the ground floor and was a well known personality in the town. The shops were ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1965

You can see Penpont Church right in the center of this photo. Every day of my young life growing up I saw Penpont church. It was very much the middle of the village. Looking north and slightly east you can see the farmhouse ...Read more

A memory of Penpont by Joan Simpson