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First stayed there in 1951. My dad rented the chalet opposite the green corrugated Chapel aside of the sandy path which lead to the beach. Apart from the shop and chippy there was a Welcoast ice cream kiosk on the corner that closed a ...Read more

A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by ukip.lowe29

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The day ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

Whatever happened to Denes Holiday Camp, I have fond memories of picking up a Grey Green coach in Edmonton North London, (near The Regal cinema) with my parents and transported right to the door. I loved the ...Read more

A memory of Kessingland by Malcolm Mackenzie

I Lived at 14 Barnsley Road Platts Common from 1950 until 1957 when we moved to 46 Kingswood Crescent. I went to Market Street school where Mr Ellis was headteacher. I remember miss Mac Parkalin, Mrs Hill, Miss Norcliffe, ...Read more

A memory of Platts Common by David Webster

My early years were spent in Monken Hadley. When I see photos of Hadley I can say I have been there. There's a little row of cottages oppisite Hadley Church, St Mary's, and my aunty Molly Ratling (nee Longland) lived ...Read more

A memory of Hadley by Roland Wood

I spent my childhood in Longwell Green/Cadbury Heath. My grandparents lived in Shellards Road (and their house had been built by my great-grandfather). When I was a small child the 'Wimpey estate' (Ellacombe Road ...Read more

A memory of Longwell Green in 1962

Earliest memory was the wedding of my uncle, Harry Copnall...this would have been in the 1930s though before war was declared in 1939. My next vivid memory was an anniversary Sunday at the Methodist chapel in the village. This was ...Read more

A memory of Prees in 1940 by Jean Mary Copnall

Memories of The Mumbles by John S. Batts Viewing on-line a collection of Frith’s old photos of The Mumbles has jogged many memories. For me the place was simply known as “Mumbles,” home to a much-treasured uncle ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The by John S. Batts

Lumb Mill in the 1950s I remember my late mother and father working at this mill in the 1950s. My father worked as a boiler man. As a child I visited the mill during the school holidays also at weekends. I used to join my father in ...Read more

A memory of Edenfield in 1954 by Kenneth Drummond

My name is Bill Mitchell - when young in Wheatley other children called me Billy. Some of my old school friends still live in or around Wheatley. My father had a shop in Station Road for a while selling electrical goods, and he ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1960 by Bill Mitchell