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I lived in Upper Bridge Street and remember a few of the shops in town, I think! On the corner of Upper Bridge Street and the Bell Pitch was Franketti's fish shop with an awesome Art Nouveau till and free chips if you took ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Sandra Rudd

My Aunt Maud and her husband Alf lived in the last council house on the road to Buckland Village. Their son, Gordon Worrell, lived with his wife Winnie in the little row of cottages facing out on to ...Read more

A memory of Buckland by Sylvia Mc Elheron

Lived at Pepper Hill, cottages attached to Tittenley Farm. Also lived at Tittenley Lodge, which had marked an entry to Shavington Park and Tittenley Pool. I remember Shavington Hall well. My mother, Jane, was in ...Read more

A memory of Shavington Park in 1957 by Jeffrey R Timmis

1942/1976 - I am the son of Alex Stewart, brother to D.C. Stewart. I spent my early years at Arnage during and after the war. I was at all the Arnage gatherings and met many stars of stage and screen. Many the time the Rolls ...Read more

A memory of Ellon by Alexander Stewart

Hi Peter, I remember the Thompkins was it the baker or was that the Cheneys? Joe Smith was the newsagent who used to treat the kids to a summer outing by train every summer. We used to get a new florin and a bag ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1949 by Susan Hindle Nee Wesley

My name is Robert Gwillim, I lived at 1A High Street with my parents Edward & Betty from when I was born in 1955 until April 1962. My sister, Carol, was born in December 1961. My parents had lived at 1A High ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith in 1960 by Robert Gwillim

I was born in a small maisonette off Alandale Drive and my mum still lived there until she passed away aged 95 in 2014. The border between Hillingdon/Harrow runs across the back garden. I attended Pinner Wood ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills in 1960 by John Jossevel

We moved to Prudhoe in 1947, I was 12 years old. My dad, Bill Turner RSM, took over the Drill Hall in Swallow Close. I thought it was wonderful as we had relatives in Prudhoe, plus a grandma, Mary Ann Turner. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge in 1947 by Marie Bugden

I remember Miss Wytcomb she was at Harvills Halthorn when I had the tip of my finger off in a door in school. Mr Simcox was the head then circa1954. My aunts went to Golds Hill, the McDonalds - you may know of ...Read more

A memory of Golds Green in 1954 by Malcolm Glass

My grandparents moved from Whitley Bay to Ainstable in 1948 when my grandfather retired (Jack and Kate Storey). My parents moved with them, and then took the Red Lion at Gamblesby in 1952 (Jack and Ethel Storey). I had a very ...Read more

A memory of Gamblesby in 1951 by Katherine Walker