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No stranger to Friday bath night (did we really only bathe once a week?), where the tin bath was hauled into the kitchen in summer & in front of the fire in winter & filled by kettle. As I got older my dad would take me down to the ...Read more

A memory of West Gorton by phil.skaife52

My family on both my mother and father's side at one time came from Whitchurch. My gran and great granny were born there. My great granny never left the town in all of her 92 years,she died in 1948 after having 11 children. Looking at these ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch by debiroper1

Now aged 70, this week with much interest I visited Nelson for the first time. My name is Nicola Pugh. I was born in London and adopted at the age of 5 months. The documents relating to my adoption were signed at ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by nicolampugh

I lived at 70 Balfour Road from he end of 1945 till 1948 Lots of fond memories of 'Feathers' Juniors and, not so fond of the winter of '46/47 queuing for hours in freezing conditions for a bag of coke. Anyone want to share, e-mail me on tedcong14@btinternet. Cheers Godfrey 'Goofy' Gammon.

A memory of Southall by tedcong14

I'm always interested to read memories of Gildersome. I have just visited in October 2018. Just a short visit but it certainly hasn't changed in some respects. The streets are narrower from what I remember but street lane and ...Read more

A memory of Gildersome by katestengl

I came upon this site by chance and it brought back so many memories I thought I would share a few. I was born in Fritzlands Lane No. 151 this was my Grandparents house, at the age of 4 or 5 my Mum and Dad were ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham

My name is Derek and we moved to boxted road from London when I was 2 years old.looking at the old photos of Hemel has stirred so many very happy memories.i used to love going to see Santa in the grotto upstairs in the co- op. And in ...Read more

A memory of Hemel Hempstead by derekstubbins

I moved to Three Bridges when I was 4 years old, in 1958, with my parents and twin brother Andrew. We lived in Mill Road. Heavens how it’s all changed. Gone are the open spaces at the bottom of the road, where we ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges by kfosdike2

I have fond memories of sledging in chapel field. In winter, at the first snow, all the children would congregate to make a great track for our sledges. The speeds we could achieve down the hill!! And not a word of ...Read more

A memory of Clayton West by johnbbellwood

We bought an old cottage, a semi-detached one, in Hildersham, then named Bermuda Cottage. We were not aware of the origins of the name, but the owner, an elderly lady owned a bald parrot, probably bald due to boredom as parrots are very ...Read more

A memory of Hildersham by Alan Hickman