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I was born in a house halfway up Cuddeston Road hill but at about 3 years old my family moved down into the village where we lived at Shipley House, next door to the Chapel and over the road from the village green. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Horspath in 1960

Sutton as I remember it holds many memories. I was born and brought up there, attending school at the Council School, Sunday School at the Chapel and using the facilities of the Park from an early age until I ...Read more

A memory of Sutton-in-Craven by Alan Pickles

I left the village in 1960. I attended the local junior and infant school. The teachers I recall were Miss Whitehead, Miss Jenkins, Miss James, Granny Chancellor (she was a lovely lady who taught most of our parents also, those that ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd by Ian Calloway

I found out that my great-grandmother was born at Tintern, she came with her parents to Warrington in 1870. Warrington was a big name in Wire and so was Tintern, that is the link. We first visited Tintern in 2003 and ...Read more

A memory of Tintern by Madelaine Kirk

I was born at Grainthorpe in 1945 at Chapel Hill Cottages to Jim and Ivy Holdsworth Dad was a Geordie who came to the village in 1943 with the Royal Ulster Rifles. My mother was Ivy Loughton and was brought up by her ...Read more

A memory of Grainthorpe

I was brought up in Glenboig. I went to the school that sank, what great memories I have of the old teachers, Mr Mcafee, Mr Gallacher, Mr O'Neill, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Deerie, Mrs Egan and Mrs Clinton in Room 1. I had moved away by the ...Read more

A memory of Glenboig by Maria Graham

I was born at 32 Pisgah Road which was the bottom end cottage of a row of three opposite Pisgah Chapel. The cottages had no back entrances. There was a pathway running in front of the three cottages with an outside toilet opposite ...Read more

A memory of Talywain in 1945 by Brian Smith

I think it was about 1967, we moved down from Wallasey, Merseyside to number 7 Williams Row, miners cottages at the top of Guest Street. I remember my first day at Fochriw Infants, it was like a whole new beginning, made some new friends. ...Read more

A memory of Fochriw in 1967 by Phil Chesterman

I was eleven when we moved into the new council estate, Aelybryn, in Esgairgeiliog. My mother had been born in Esgairgeiliog, and her mother was the local, unofficial, midwife of the village at the beginning of the 20th ...Read more

A memory of Esgairgeiliog in 1956 by Delyth Jenkins

I suppose I'm cheating but I can go back a good way further than the 1900s because my memories are mainly my mother's and she was born in 1904 and lived in South Street. She used to share her memories with me like ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1900 by Constance Smith