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Parents first new house was in Logan's Road,having moved there from Muir Street. We then moved to Scotia Street via a swap. I went to Ladywell Primarary from there,the n to Muir Street Primary to sit 11+,then on to ...Read more

A memory of North Motherwell by Peter Mac Clare

I was born at 162 malmesbury road in a house that backed on to the goods yard and shunting yards associated with Stratford railway works..this location provided a battle ground fought over by the Loco drivers maintaining a head of ...Read more

A memory of Canning Town by g.olmit

I remember as a child moving into my parents 1st bought house it was 71 Lynn street west gorton heading onto redgate lane (which is still there today) and stoodley car auctions was built on this area and also there is a scrap yard ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by georgina4dave

Cabot Knewell, with wife Joan (nee Joan I Smith), was the master butcher at Graham House, 6 Broad Street, Boxford, from the mid 1940s to the 1970s. To the right is the Fleece. To the left, Riddlestons ...Read more

A memory of Boxford by clive

I moved into Land Street in 1949, age 2 and lived there until I was about 13. We lived at number 2 which is on the corner of Land Street and the street down to the Pump Well. It was good fun sledging down the street ...Read more

A memory of Farsley in 1949 by David Lawson

My nan Mrs Laura Dowse had a lodging house 4 Beauchamp Street Riverside, for many many years I was born there in 1967. Many a celebrity from the New Theatre lodged at my nans and the Speedway drivers used to stay there too, my ...Read more

A memory of Grangetown in 1970 by Jayne Hurley

I was born in 1949 in a prefab in St Malo Ave just off Town Rd. Things were tough for Mum and Dad as he was invalid and unable to work. I really never noticed for a few years and just tried to explore and enjoy the world ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1951 by John Canham

Hello, I too went to Duke Street School and then on to Jackson Street School, I think I left School in 1959. I lived in Bonsall Street with my mum and dad, Ivy and Fred Hurst, we lived next-door-but-one to the McCarthy family ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1954 by Irene Oglesby

Although not really Handsworth my Mother and her family lived at 212 New John Street West. They lived there until my Mothers Mum died in 1931. Her name was Christina Parker. My Mum was only 8 years old but remembers that day as if it were yesterday.

A memory of Handsworth by Bryan Roberts

I've got no personal memories of Battersea, except for visits to the fair, but my ancestors lived there throughout the last half of the 19th century until at least 1933. They all lived at various houses on Belfour ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by patk