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I spent all my young life in Darwen as part of Holy Trinity. I went to Holy Trinity school and went to the church as far back as I can remember. My grandparents were Joe and Pie Parson and were very involved in ...Read more

A memory of Darwen in 1959 by Sue Livingstone

I grew up in Hewson street, my parents were Peggy and Ernie Gills and we lived in our grandparents house (Meggie and Bill (Scotty) Jackson). I loved a Sunday when all the family would call to see us - the tiny flat would burst at ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1968 by Maureen Gills

H.M.S. Sylph went hard aground on Aberavon Beach after breaking her towing hawsers during a storm while being towed across Swansea Bay to be scrapped in Newport. This was in April 1927. Attempts to ...Read more

A memory of Pontrhydyfen in 1920 by Gwyn Morgan

I can remember Ann Wall, I lived in Eltingham street at the same time. I moved from Blackhill and now live in the USA .

A memory of Blackhill in 1957 by Brian Lee

I was born at Mayday Hospital. My parents still live in Baring Road and my mother has lived there from the age of 13, as my grandmother had the house before they did. I vividly remember playing 'up and down the road.' It is so sad ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1955 by Jacky Hughes

I remember moving to Pelton Fell at about the age of eight, number 9 Ferndene Avenue. The house was new and we were the first to occupy it. There was a small alley at the end of the street that led to the railway line. A ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1954 by John Moffatt

My parents, Zack and May Burn had a bakery and grocery shop on Station Street during the 1950's. It was the whitewashed building at the far end of the photograph. In the 1960's they bought "Eignbrook", further along Station ...Read more

A memory of Misterton by Joan Norton (Burn)

Imagine the street devoid of (and indeed closed to) motor traffic and crammed from side to side, and as far as the eye could see, with fairground amusements, stalls and masses of people. That was Pinner Fair. I may be wrong, but I fancy that ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1960 by John Price

I was born Joan Mary Waters and lived in George Street, which is now Greenway Avenue, Levenshulme. We had a fish and chip shop next door but one, and when I visited Levenshulme in 2005 I believe it had just ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1954 by Joan Charrison

My memory of Forest Hill, London, is Horniman's Museum and Horniman's Park. The museum had a wonderful, huge clock. We lived in Forest Hill from about 1952 or 53 to about 1961, I think. Someone held a fancy dress Coronation party for ...Read more

A memory of London by Marion Del Favero