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Born and bred in Ferndale, a stone's throw from Blaenllechau, I am researching my family tree. One of my earliest memories is of my grandmother talking about her father - William Williams (1870 - 1957). He was a coal miner ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by Julie Steel

I was born and bred in Gillingham spent most of my childhood at the pier. This all started when I was about six or seven year old. My grandfather William Smith worked as a coxswain on one of the two NAFFI boats that worked out ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by g.jones

I visited Irishopeburn for holidays with my parents several times from the late 1940s until the mid 1950s. We lived in Sunderland so that the journey was quite long and exciting. This necessitated taking a train first of all to Durham ...Read more

A memory of Ireshopeburn by Alan Rowntree

Assisted and guided by my daughter, I have recently started researching my paternal ancestry and find Longforgan and Castle Huntly loom large in it. My great great grandfather, Robert Robertson (1775-1867) was gamekeeper ...Read more

A memory of Castle Huntly in 1860 by Thomas Robertson

My maternal grandmother and three of her siblings were born in Watchfield in the 1860-1870s. As far as I know they lived in a farm cottage, until they moved to Highworth in the late 1870s where they lived in the public house called 'The ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1870 by John Williams

My Great Grandparents, Thomas and Ellen Jenkins, moved from Bristol to 76 Jersey Road, Blaengwynfi around 1899/1900. Thomas was a grocer. He had an assistant called J A J Spreaklin who was from Coytrahen. Thomas and Ellen ...Read more

A memory of Blaengwynfi in 1900 by Steve Lucas

In my Family History endeavours concerning a Shewan family , I have learned that the parents died at a relatively young age . The fate of the orphaned children has been difficult to ascertain. However , at ...Read more

A memory of Haddington in 1900 by R Urquhart

Thankyou to you all for sharing your memories, I have really enjoyed reading them. I know this is not a memory, but I would really appreciate some help in tracing my dad's past/relatives and maybe even his place ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1920 by Brian Watson

I was born at Tir Elenore Farm, Betws in 1937. I went to Betws Primary School and then to Amman Valley Grammer School.

A memory of Betws-y-Coed in 1930 by Gwyneth Williams Nee Thomas

In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more

A memory of Caton in 1930 by James Maurice Blackford