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I remember the infants class at Caistor Methodist Primary School. The class used the vestry of the Methodist Chapel and the room had supporting pillars. Our teacher was Miss Parrott. We had a wooden dolls' house, a ...Read more

A memory of Caistor in 1953 by Carol Barnes

My mother Christine Evans I believe lived in George St Caerau and left for Australia with her new RAAF husband Vince Murphy just after the War around 1945. She was followed out to Australia by her parents Christmas and Kathleen Evans. ...Read more

A memory of Caerau by Christopher Murphy

Hello, this is not my memory as such more of a request for some info.  I have a photo taken 1937 of Backworth school celebration of the Coronation George VI ( I think). My dad is on it and I'd love to know who else.  Does anyone have a copy of this photo and can name others on it. many thanks

A memory of Backworth in 1930 by Janet Lindsay

I lived in Button Oak during 1942/43 and worked in the Wyre Forest for 'Bob' Harris who was the Forester. Along with two of my mates, Denis Mills and Hubert Till, I made frequent trips into Bewdley to go to the pictures or get my hair cut. ...Read more

A memory of Bewdley in 1940 by Robert Aldridge

I was a child at Burton School, it was great. I moved in year 3, it was scary. I moved to Bentham, I hated it, there was loads of children and it was much bigger.

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale in 2012 by Emma Sharp

Burrow Hill School is now derelict. It closed in 1998 and I have just walked past the boarded-up site this afternoon. Although I have lived in Frimley Green since 1993 and seen one of its main buildings from within a housing ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by John Parker

From his seat, by the fire, my grandad could see the great mound of the spoil heap of Stanley Burns Pit. It was the site of a horrific explosion, on 16th February 1909, in which 168 men and boys lost their lives. He would ...Read more

A memory of Stanley in 1900 by e5484.suddes

I was sent to Lower Bynamman in 1970, to work building up a huge 2400 Marion excavator for Sir Lindsey Parkinson at the GCG (Tyor Gwaith?) opencast site. I lodged at the Bryannam hotel with Dez and Dylis. ...Read more

A memory of Lower Brynamman in 1970 by Paul Leavett

I was born in Brook Street, Brown Lees, within the civil parish of Biddulph. The village is situated about half a mile north of the site of the former Biddulph Valley Ironworks and the Brown Lees and Victoria Collieries, where ...Read more

A memory of Brown Lees in 1940 by George M. Bennison

I too, went to the Nursery School on Broad Street. I remember Miss Massey who slammed the desk down on my fingers squashing my signet ring, which resulted in my finger swelling and the ring having to be cut off! Such a nice lady to ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1956 by Lynn Bryan