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My husband, John Halligan, born and bred in Jarrow was one of the first people to go through the tunnel on the day it was opened. He was working at Clelands Shipyard at Howden; before the tunnel was open he used to go on the ferry ...Read more

A memory of Jarrow by Muriel Halligan

Living on Barnfield Road, I was 10 years old in 1955 and would often be asked to ride my bike round to the Post Office to post a letter or buy something at the shop.The P.O. was run for many years by Mr Arthur Mather.

A memory of Woolston by David Minshall

I was just 9 years old when the magistrate’s court of Ellesmere Port found it necessary to enroll me at the Quinta School, Western Rhyn. I was returned to the custody of my mother at the ripe old age of 14 (1959). Why? I had ...Read more

A memory of The Quinta in 1953 by Ken Carter

I lived in the routs in 1952 and when I was three moved to Routs View. I used to help out at Llanwern Park Farm; Garnet Baker was the farmer there at the time. There was lots of long huts at Underwood then, I expect left over from the ...Read more

A memory of Llanwern in 1952 by Wyndham Sheppard

When I was a small child I was taken to my aunt and uncle's house at 59 New Bank, Halifax - this was a house over shops. The house was one up and down with gas lighting and a cellar and also an attic room (where visitors slept). I remember ...Read more

A memory of Halifax in 1952

Our family emigrated to Canada on the Empress of England in 1959. We left Liverpool on May 29th and arrived in Montreal June 6th or 7th. I was a month short of my 12th birthday and I remember thinking on the first ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1959 by Peter Cumberland

Although I moved from Prestbury to Gloucester in 1966 when I got married, then to Somerset in 1967. Prestbury has always held a special place in my heart, I always call it my home. I lived in a small cottage in ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury by Pat Procter

I remember The Avenue from when I was young in Circular Road (born there in 1948,) the trees always looked huge when walking down to the farm, I now know was Hyde Hall. My older brother helped on the milk round from there - the ...Read more

A memory of Denton in 1955 by Pauline Toop

I was a choirboy at St Luke's, we met for choir practice once a week. Mr Hatton was the choirmaster and took a register and we were paid for attending. Weddings were the big earner - we got two shillings or half a crown. It was all ...Read more

A memory of West Norwood in 1960 by Stephen Carroll

I was born in Farnham, actually Lavender Cottage, Rowledge, a nursing home I believe, in 1944 and my family lived at Thorndhu (now no. 8 I think) Broomleaf Road backing onto the railway line. My mother and brother lived there during ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1944 by Wendy Cowen