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The year i started school at st Gabriels. I remember being carried up the hill by my mother and being met at the school entrance by Miss Cleary! She was a rather fat lady dressed all in brown and wearing a brown cardigan. Very welcoming i recall. but i was terrified and did'nt want to be there! I waited for playtime and took the opportunity to run away! I think i got within shouting distance of home ...see more
I had just a few weeks here, June/July 1955, in Mychett Hutments prior to Embarkation to Egypt and subsquently, Cyprus. This was the transit camp for the Royal Army Pay Corps. Memories of the area are now quite vague. However, I do remember having a drink in a nearby Village Pub (can't remember the name). My pals and I were having a quiet chat at the bar. Suddenly a local sitting on a nearby Bar Stool leaped ...see more
Jerry's was the all purpose, pre £ shop store below the market where he also had a stall. Household products, hardware, notably buckets and a few low cost gifts... Jerry had a larger than life personality with a girth to match. I also remember Ropers for furniture, Smiths pets and Hoggs pots. My personal favourite was the pop-ex stall where you could buy ex juke box records with the middles missing for a few 'bob' ...see more
My Grandad was Ken Derham, the village baker. I lived at the bakery for a short time when I was aged about 9. I remember him making the bread and being allowed to help him fill the donuts with jam. I can still smell how wonderful the bakery was and to this day the smell of bread baking brings it all back.
I have lived all my life in Kidsgrove from being born in Chapel Street to my current age of 78. Younger people than I have played on Red Rocks but for others about my age these were named CINDER.
Does any one remember a train at the woodside center why was it there .also a outdoor swimming pool.
I remember Bedfont very well I was born in Peacock Ave no 45 just three door from the school the old pit behind us a big play ground the old stoney wall the old toy shop I think his name was Mr Jenning the china shop next door was Pickering both shops where owened by brothers old Bunce the greengrocer walking his old poddle him and his brother you run the mobile shop they would sell anything comingb around Bedfont oh those where the days
My Great Uncle, Charles Frederick Capelin, was killed in WW1 on the Somme. The CWG inscription describes him as the son of Henry and Marjorie Capelin of Swanborough, Lewes, E. Sussex. The exact connection with Swanborough is unclear but I would be interested to find out more.
I have mentioned before that I used to live in the Town Hall Mitcham in the 1950's My Dad used to be the caretaker there and I was then known as Pat Parkings.I used to know Margaret Gray, Doreen Humphries. Brian Wilkes and Teddy Beardwell to name jjust a few. I married David Rogers after an accident when a wall fell on me.I would really like to hear from anyone who remembers me or knows the people I've ...see more
My Grandad and Nan(Fred and Minnie Mellott) owned the Grocers Shop ON Hilltop next to the butchers,my Dad and Uncle were born there (Roy Mellott and Brian Mellott). I have lots of memories as a child stopping with my nan and grandad, especially when they used to fetch the sheep and pigs in at the butchers next door and unload them in the yard, of course at that age i had no idea what was happening.I can remember walking ...see more
This was my first school. We came from kirkholt to Castleton every day to school. I remember Mrs O'Brien Miss Cleary and Miss O'Leary. Miss O Learys' class room had a large open fireplace in it. We used to go on nature walks on what is possibly the motorway now.
I lived in Yew Tree Cottages, Portsmouth Road, Esher next to the Marquis of Granby pub. I went to Esher Primary School and my mother also went to that school. My father was a welsh guard at Sandown Park. My grandfather was a taxi driver with horse and trap to start with. He used to wait outside Esher station. I remember the air raid shelters on the common where we used to have to go.
My introduction to the Monckton mining community began on a bitter cold March Monday morning in 1944. The wartime Minister of Labour Ernest Bevin had decreed that I should become one of his boys. So here I was at 5.30am on a Monday morning at the pithead baths arrayed in my work clothes and new boots with their shiney steel toecaps climbing the wooden steps to No One pit top. The activity there ...see more
What about the Trebor factory?- that smelt awful, such a sweet musty smell- I can still smell it now!
Today was my first time of going for a walk up Reigate Hill and it was thoroughly amazing. I'm 43 and never seen the beautiful views that can be seen over Reigate. Now I have a wonderful man who takes me to wonderful places, I look forward to seeing more stunning places like Reigate Hill, which he grew up playing on.
does anyone have any history of kyrewoodmill and house as we went there recently on a holiday in burford it looked very interesting, the mill wheel is still there, but the house looks empty. the curtains and drapes covered everything, so I wondered what they were doing with it. its a shame to let it go to waste. kyrewood house is a black and white beamed building
I was born in Kilburn Park Road. My father was a fireman on the old London North Eastern Railway. My grandparents lived nmext door. My mother was of Irish descent.My first school was Essendine Road whic was just up the road. Our house backed onto Paddington Recreation Ground.My father was om the Supplementary Reserve of the Royal Engineers Railway Operating Company.In 1940 when I was 10 years old the ...see more
I lived in Station Road no 24 i had the Surname Sheppard back then i moved to the area back in 1964 or thereabouts,went to Leeson's Hill primary school my neighbours to the right were the Sturge family i cannot remember who lived to the left of us remember playing down by the river at the end of our alley a whole croud of us kids would paddle in the river there and in those days it was freezing,no ...see more
I lived on wellis ave till 1972 used to go in the church inn and park inn with renshaws and Morans happy days
I grew up in Darlington apart from two years when we lived in Shildon. I can remember being put in one of the rubbish bins on the High Row by a boy called Peter Leaf probably for being cheeky. I can also remember when I was little going to carol service round the Christmas Tree on the High Row. Sweet memories.
I used to walk along Simpsons Road to go to school.I remember all the men going to the station wore suits,bowler hats and carried rolled umbrellas and briefcases.There was a dairy shop and a Post Office run by Fred and Doris (I'm pretty sure those were their names) Doris's twin sister was 'Stella' the hairdressers in the High Street.The shoe mender was there too,at the top on the other side of the road.
Late 50's. As a kid I used to run wild with my dog Spot on Baildon Bank, Baildon Green and through the Knoll Wood, mainly during the long light summer evenings (but really just when ever I could) I used to trail up through Milner fields across Shipley Glen, over Baildon Moor and back home through the village. Oh what I wouldn't give to be wafted back in time to that era and be a ten year old kid once more!!!!! Now ...see more
Burnt Oak was a place of indiscriminate and random violence. If you were unlucky enough to be a minority I'm sure it was much worse. There were several years when skinheads (and other plain thugs) ruled the streets.
I'd like to know what happened to a friend of mine (with an unpronounceable - and equally unspellable) name. He was a coloured fellow with one ear that was ...see more
can anyone remember the railings around the school had spikes on the top, that was until whilst retrieving a ball i accidently slipped on to them gashing my waist. soon after the head mistress mrs barlow had them removed. that is my claim to fame. not climbing anymore,just relaxing now down in sunny weymouth. hope this was of some interest to someone. cheers geoff bosworth.
Does any one have any memories of this hotel around d this time, I understand my grandparents ran the pub, although I never met my grandad I know his surname was Oliver and my Grandmothers married name was Alice Oliver. I think her parents may have ran it before and their name was Baker
I have a photo of my dad with a group of men waiting to go on a beano
my aunt and uncle lived at moss cottage - I had a wonderful time there - drinkinkig from the well
I was born in 1947 in a house across the road from the church (17 Llandudno Rd). I was christened in the church. When I was 3 or 4 I remember my parents being friendly with the verger, Mr Shingler, and taking me to visit his father who lived in Church Rd. It was a vivid memory because his father had had a leg taken off many years before and he showed me the stump which was quite a shock!!!! As kids we used ...see more
the moss cottage - joseph McGuire, frank McGuire, susan McGuire
My father were born in Brindley Ford in 1911. His father was born 1881 and his mother in 1880. My grandparents moved to West Yorkshire around 1912. Consequently we visited family in Brindley Ford I don't remember a great deal about Brindley Ford except for the rows of houses, the school and the Pit stacks(?). I do remember the later years visiting family in Fegg Hayes As I am working on my family Tree I ...see more
I spent many happy times with my step fathers relatives by the name of Guttridge when I was a small girl in the war years and for a long time after. They had a house on the banks of the river Whitham. The conditions were rather primitive by today's standards. Despite the hard conditions I was very happy during my times spent there. I wonder if anyone remembers Walter and Eliza Guttridge and their ...see more
i moved with my mother two sisters and brother to esh winning in 1956 I think. We had a terraced house in Evenwood Road where my step grandmother Ethel Galley also lived. My mother managed to get a three bedroom council house at the Oaks on the outskirts of the village towards Waterhouses. I thought the council estate was very smart which I think it was at the time being fairly newly built. All open plan ...see more
I was born in 7 Hill Street, Garden City in 1930. I attended Hendreforgan school from 1934-1944, as did my three sisters and three brothers. Mr.Lewis was the Headmaster. On leaving school at 14 I worked for 3 years in the Britannic Colliery, Gilfach Goch, dangerous times, lovely mates, would not of missed it. From there I went to work for Great Western Railway in Westbury, Wiltshire for 50 years. (I use to ...see more
oriel road fantastic place to grow up in fantastic neighbours the clarkes lathams the woodseys the flynns there were hard people but with a heart of gold they were the days when you could rely on your neighbours leave your front door open everyone was welcome no one had nothing back then but what you did have you shared i often go back down to oriel road now my house has been pulled down now but the ...see more
My Aunt owned a caravan on Danes Nursery site Cliffsend. It was called "Endevour". It was built by may Uncle, then when completed towed to Danes Field. It was sited in the far right hand corner of the field. The Train track was close by. In those days steam trains came along that line, they made a thunderous noise. At night you could see the sparks fly from the wheels and the funnel at ...see more
Does anyone remember the Jones family in Caerau Road. John and Alice?
Hi all, I'm really hoping someone out there can help me. I am trying to find someone who worked in Coventry in the 70's. She did deliveries to a cake shop 19 Acorn Street, Stoke Aldermoor which was for a long time called 'Elaine's bread and cakes' it changed names a few times before that, so it would be great if someone knew the name at that time. Her name is Christine who drove a blue transit van on her deliveries ...see more
Hi all, I'm really hoping someone out there can help me. I am trying to find someone who worked in Coventry in the 70's. She did deliveries to a cake shop 19 Acorn Street, Stoke Aldermoor which was for a long time called 'Elaine's bread and cakes' it changed names a few times before that, so it would be great if someone knew the name at that time. Her name is Christine who drove a blue transit van on ...see more
Having read Gail Evans Lalonde's memories of The Plough, Gresford, I realise that her great grandfather who owned The Plough was also my great grandfather. Thomas Evans was my grandfather and his son Edward was my father. This is incredible news to me as I have been searching for any relatives on my father's side. I am 72 years old this year and would love to get in touch with Gail. I now reside in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, North Wales.
My memories of Hallen are between 1949 - 1959. I was brought up in the above cottage (which was a former Inn) from my birth in 1949 until my parents moved to Clifton, Bristol in 1959. We were pretty cut off in the cottage. It was situated about one mile outside of Hallen village on the left hand side of Severn Road travelling in the direction of The Philblack Factory. I remember that there ...see more
I went to the Graig School during the sixties. It was a great school and a great location. I lived in St.Mellons near Cardiff, but we all went to Bassaleg as St.Mellons was in the old county of Monmouthshire. We were a mixture of kids from all over. We had to stay in for school dinners which were very good as they were cooked freshly on the premises. The headmaster at that time was Glyn Rees ...see more
Our 1975 holiday in Beaumaris included myself, husband, two daughters, mother and father. We ate most nights in the Cottage Café where early in the week I spotted a large white horse ornament in a cabinet half-way up the stairs but it was not for sale. My father evidently spoke every night to the owner (the name Gwen springs to mind) trying to persuade her to let him buy the horse for me as a surprise. By the ...see more
circa 1950, once a year they had a rook shoot in the castle, the men from around would meet in the square with an assortment of guns, rifles,shotguns,relics from both wars, all sorts of armoury, two of us young boys would be allotted to one gun, however many he shot we had to get the birds and then cut off their legs,the men would then take the legs to "Ottoways" shop at the top of the hill, and he would give them a cartridge for each pair of legs he handed in.
Lenny Thomas,Kipper Cross ,Alligator,titmouse,drug presence,john mayo,john read,and texas spent many hours and happy days playing cowboys and Indians in the castle, that's how I got my nickname. we were all in the "Jesse James " gang, being the smallest they ran out of names before they got to me, so I became the "texas kid.
I know there was a saying that ''people who lived in Hextable shouldn't throw stones'' because of the greenhouses that used to be there and probably they are the nurseries you are thinking of - I think they used to be in Puddledock Lane
Having just discovered this site I find it very interesting to read some of the posts. I was born and bred in Castleton (1948) and have many happy memories. From leaving school I work at Garrets butchers for 7 years until going into the motor trade for 33 years at Carcraft. Spent many happy hours at Congregational youth club down Heywood road were I met many friends. Roger Fell, Norman Davey (Lou) Colin ...see more
Have read with interest memories of others who lived in the prefabs in Molyneux Rd, My Dad had just returned from WW2 and this was our first real HOME. I too remember Trevor Jones - his Mum and Dad were one of the first in the road to have a TV. My surname then was Sheard. I was friends with Dorothy Harrison and lived next door to David and Roland Grey. I also went to the Coronation Party in 1953 - shortly ...see more
My dad was an evacuee he said he lived with the Mrs Stein who worked in Birsham colery around 1941, he was about 4 then,he lived at 133 celmar grove,does anybody remember this family.He said he went to school at Parish Hall.
I believe the shop you mean is Thornes Bakery Julie Bentley (nee Allenby)
I started married life in Padiham l952 we lived in Burns Street my 2 sons were born there at Bramley Meade nursing home in Whalley we were there till 1957 when we moved back to Blackburn because my husband trasferred from Padiham to be Station Engineer at Blackburn Gas works I have pleasant memories of Padiham enjoying walks round Rose grove pushing the pram and attended St Leonards Church both my boys were christened there made some nice friends too
Hi I was there late 1949 to early 1950. Not a pleasant experience for me but I understand things improved later. Would love to hear from anyone. My friend was called Mary. I called her Mary Mouse because she only little I was 5 when I went there .
well going back my gran looked after my self and my brother but as she had to work there was no one to look after us so we was put into childrens home my brother went to another home as there was no room for both of us the name of it was furnslope a lovely big house that was very clean with kids well behaved i remember the steps to front door that was very big thy called me janet as there was 3 by the same ...see more
does anyone have photos of rector forces funeral as i was a server at the church then and was involved in the cortege. I remember the blacksmiths on church rd it was run by Brian Howard it was down the side of the cock & bottle.
Hello, It was Frith's photos, but I'd given up! Lovely to make contact. Mum's brother was Lawrence Scurry, who married Myra's sister Louie. I was only a few months old when I first visited Kirkham in 1949 and Uncle Lawrence and Aunty Louie had the corrugated iron bungalow halfway up the hill. Uncle Lawrence made a crib for me. Uncle Lawrence was Head Gardener for Mrs Brotherton, and Ernest Hepton was ...see more
On 3rd of June 1953 I arrived at West Kirby by steam train with a good many other RAF recruits who had been brought to the town to do their recruit training at Royal Air Force Recruit Training School West Kirby located at Larton, Wirral, Cheshire outside the town to the North East.
My home for the following six weeks was Hut D31 Churchill Squadron. By and large for me it was relatively a ...see more
Does anyone remember Frost's or Frosts the grocers in Northcote Road, also Jollys next to Woolworths. Ialso spwnt many happy times in Arding & Hobb's toy department. Couldn't afford to buy anything but loved looking.
What is now Arthur Grestys next to the Methodist Church used to be the Golden Horse Café(there was also one on Altrincham bus station) which amongst other things sold milk shakes
I live in the USA and have a sampler that I believe was made by Sophia Bowles who was born in Horsmonden October 29, 1822. The sampler shows the exact same date. I just thought I would share this beautiful work that she made when she was 13. She married George Botten in 1842. If anyone in Horsmonden has any more information about her, I would be most appreciative. It is a mystery to me how ...see more
i was evacuated with my mother and brother around 1940 the first time and twice again later during the war. The first time i was about 2 years old and stayed with a couple who ran a public house in cherry hinton so i was told....my mother and baby brother stayed at manor farm cottages. The following time we all stayed together with lovely Mrs. Starling at number 4. I loved that place, it is ...see more
DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR A LADY CALLED GLORIA TOOMEY .SHE KNEW MY MUM IN THE 70S MY MUM WAS DOROTHY CLAIRE SHORT BEFORE SHE MARRIED SHE WAS SPENCE I AM ONEOF HER DAUGHTERS , KAREN SHORT I WAS 8 IN 1974 WE LIVED IN MAPLE CLOSE SEAFORTH LIVERPOOL PLEASE GET INTOUCH MY MUM IS NO LONGER WITH ME AND I THINK YOU COULD POSSIBLY HELP ME TO FILL IN MISSING GAPS OF MY CHILDHOOD . IF ANY BODY KNOWS THIS LADY PLEASE GET INTOUCH MANY THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.
my mothers mother:gladys raine owned the grocers shop on 2 station road in the 1930s,the numbers changed and now it would be no 8... i have a lovely photo which i will add shortly
my mothers father was william routh sharp who worked for many years in easington colliery as horsekeeper and lived in 11th st. his mother was sarah jane routh, easington and father william james sharp.william routh sharp farmed at seaham harbour,sandy carr farm haswell,sheraton,castle eden, richmond,etc and spent his last 20 years or so in west auckland where he also farmed at greenfields. any rouths/relatives in the easington area pls get in touch
Hello I am looking for an old friend that went to Estreham school it was mitcham lane I think it was in wellam road sylvia if you see this or if any one knows her I would love to hear from her I believe sylvia had a brother Harry Redknapp please email me freddy1212@virginmedia.com Beryl Clark Née Jamieson
Hi Caroline's friend ,thank you so much for passing my message onto Caroline I,ve been trying to contact her for along time and now thanks to you I,ve been in touch with her thank you best wishes Babs Clark
Not my memory, but fond recollections my father (Reg Lipscombe) used to tell me of his time on the ship. It would be lovely to contact any guys out there who may have known him. I am also sure I have some pictures of his time on the ship that I could share with anybody who would be interested. He was also friendly with a guy named 'John Moses'. A long shot but, but hey be great if anybody did recall them. Ray Lipscombe (Son)
I used to work in the spar shop in Northumberland Heath which was next to wellingtons ,
1went to cresent road mr chinery gave me the nickname ruldoft as my nose was allways red in winter ,his daughter name was Jennifer's ,in my class was Malcolm websdale ,Keith lapper,Sheila Blake ,jimmy Anderson,Pamela ?.i lived in Coniston close off the avenue with the Lloyd family
I also went to Stanford junior school, I have fond memories of Stanford. I used to catch the bus from East Tilbury to school every day. I remember the one cow in the field near the railway station. The tuck shop was great, penny ice lollies and liquorice sticks and penny oxo that must have been not good for us. Yes we called the lady Mrs. Shed was that her real name? We practiced sports at the Rec. ...see more
When I was 5 years old my Mum and Dad sold everything and we sailed by cargo ship back to England from Montreal Quebec. We settled in Robin Hoods Bay as my grandma Phylis Timbrell owned and operated the Antique Shop along with the Koweeka Cafe. My Dad John Timbrell ran the antique shop and my Mum Audrey worked in the Koweeka along side me Grandma. We lived at Peter House. I have found memories riding the ...see more
We have lived in kilburn most of our lives. Lived in Hilltop Road and Iverson Road in the 60's & 70's. Does anyone remember the Phoenix Youthclub netherwood street. Spent many a great night in there. It was run by Bill. Can't remember his surname. Would love to hear from any family's living in the same area at that time.who might remember us we are a big family and probably not easy to forget. Happy memories. The newtons
I remember Mr Needham from the Spar. My gran worked in Ainsworth cake shop. The smell of the chip shop. Powells. You could buy records from there and and clothes! Martin from the post office run by Mrs Dodd? And the drapers where we bought liberty bodices from ... And I'm not yet 50!
My school was across the road from where we lived in 131 Kembhill Park, Aberdeen. We came from Liverpool as my dad was working on the oil rigs. We were friends with Judy, Robert, Gordon, Robert and Una Grassick. There was a lovely lady (Elaine?) who used to bake and wrote her recipes on pale pink checked paper. I recall doing a Jaws jigsaw and taking it on a board to show my friend Bruce, the wind blew it ...see more
Our Aunt had a really Art Deco property in Jaywick- curvey windows, flat roof the size of a football pitch(it seemed); huge room with amazing folding dividing doors. And the whole place smelt of Jaywick sand. Not polluted sand, but salt, iodine, seaweed. Yum! In the 1950s floods it stood proud on stilts above the sea! And opposite was the enticing Morrocco Café! Verboten. Just up the road was the "Dairy". A ...see more
As a family we moved from South Hinksey to Eynsham in 1958 and I spent one year at St Barthlomonew Secondary School before moving on to Witney Tech College in 1959. I started working for Edmond Hall doing bread delivery on Saturdays using an old fashioned bike with a large basket on the front. I worked at the bakery for a approximately 8 years before moving away from Eynsham. During this time we ...see more
Every Saturday morning used to walk up over the shroppy bridge and go to the Olympia cinema just off Broad street. For the kids club filmshow. Passed the toilet near railway bridge and past the horse tough on the canal bridge, which is now rebuilt at that Black country living museum. Used to play over the banks at the top of Inker man street. There was a cycle dirt track there. There was a chicken farm not far ...see more
I was born in Victoria Street (no;146) my father was a "Garw" boy his name was Alan Fudge and married my mum Hilary around 1960-62, we lived in Victoria st, until around 1973. I had a really good friend who lived across the road from us and her name was Pamela Hatch, I remember as a young girl having sleep overs at her house and her mum made the best porridge ever! I'm just wondering if anybody knows ...see more
Does anyone have any pictures, ground or ariel, of the prefabs in Goodenough Way in Old Coulsdon, around 1950/5. I used to live there. Many thanks Lesley nee Boxall.
From the end of WWII until Sept 1957, my parents rented rooms in one of the houses in Banbury St that still stands. I was five when we moved to Surrey but have vivid memories of the house. I remember the coal-hole in the semi-basement filled from the pavement outside up the area steps. There was a toilet next to it, but no bathroom. Before I was born, the family used a tin-bath in our ...see more
I have fond memories of this part of the town - I worked in Cawdells as a Saturday girl on the switchboard - great fun when you're 15! My mum bought all our bedlinen and other useful items in their January sales. My teens were spent visiting friends in the area and going to the Top Rank in the evenings for a good dance to Gino Washington and Tamla hits - great days! I also remember the old Sainsbury's with it's deep ...see more
My sister Marjorie Andrew and her husband Ralph had the Vic between 1940 and 1950. I lived in Yorkshire and visited every year during the summer holidays and I loved the place. I did read that it had been renamed after refurbishment of the outside where the original name of the Ship Inn was discovered, then retained. I would love to hear from anyone who was around st that time.
