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I was born and raised in Robertsbridge and Salehurst at the end of December 1950 and my dad was the village postman - Jack Baker. I went to Salehurst primary school in 1956 and the secondary school in 1962. I remember mum (Rosa/Rose) working in the hop fields and I played with my cousins there during the school holidays. Hard work for the pickers but great fun for us kids. My grandfather - Arthur Baker ...see more
I went to Walsh Manor School as a boarder with my sister in 1950. I was a schoolboy of seven at the time but I can remember the owners, Mr & Mrs Hemmings & their daughter , I think was Heather. We used to help with the haymaking etc at weekends. I always understood the adjoining farm was part of the school and loved every minute of my time there. In those days it was extremly avant garde to have a mixed ...see more
we lived there for a while.
lady goldsmid used to go into gunners to buy her haberdashery..was it norman gunner the son or the old man?
i forget.
anybody remember the bull hotel? or the angel football ground?
thank you.
j.....
Being born and raised in Halifax I remember how grim it was to live there. However, one of the places I enjoyed and still enjoy when I re-visit, is the covered market. The bustle, the wonderful smells, the variety...I have not seen anywhere else quite like it.
And the fish teacakes from Illingworth...mmmmmm.
The town centre has been transformed, but a lot has stayed pretty much the same.. the market being one of them
I remember Bicester, my late sister Maureen used to work in Marys cafe,in 1970, I used to work in Preeces drapery I think it was called. we used to live on the RAF camp at Bicester,
I remember many a happy hour hanging around the music store.
Just reading this has brought back fond memories,
My dad was a cpl in the RAF, I worked in the officers mess for a time,then we moved down south,
The very first name belongs to my great grandfather, John Ashley. Died 27/02/1917 serving his country and is buried Salonika Memorial Cemetry. Formerly married to Edith Ashley, 3 Cottage Lodge, Penderyn Road, Hirwaun.
I was born 1945 at 191a Carr Road and lived there for 20 years when I married and moved to Hayes. I lived there with my brother Alan, my cousins Roy and Pat Hodge lived next door as well as Ronnie Pickering. Went to all the Wood End Schools, I remember Miss Bearn, headteacher at the senior school, with Mrs Herman. Science, Miss Wingate, PE, Mrs Carpenter and Mrs Hardy. I remember the Lyons sports field behind ...see more
Looking at modern Byfield I am truly amazed and impressed with the changes that have taken place.
I was born in village in1942 went to Byfield School and then Towcester Grammar School until 1960. The village was very self sufficient ,if sleepy, with grocers Adams,s,Co-Op and Russell's; butchers George Freeman and Tom Montgomery; 4 pubs Rose &Crown,the Bell ,White Lion and New Inn plus the then ...see more
I was born in the maisonettes at 191a Carr Road in 1945 and lived there for 20 years until I married my brother is Alan Jackson. I now live in Farnborough Hampshire.
My cousin Pat Hodge lived next door as did Ronnie Pickering. Went to all the Wood End schools. remember the headteacher at the senior school as Miss Bearn, Mrs Hermit science teacher, Mrs Wales music, and a Miss Gilbert in the junior school, teaching in the ...see more
I have no memories of Hillside as I was the baby, but would love to talk to any mothers who were there in 1962 - to 1963, or see any pictures!
I went to this school back in the 60 had a great time there loved school
any one remember any of the teachers there.
I remember the Tudor Cafe so well during the time we lived in Newbury. As a teenager I used to visit with my friends and family in the late 70's and early 80's. It served good wholesome food such as omelettes and baked potatoes and you always got a huge amount of salad etc on your plate!! It was always so cheery and welcoming. I also recall Toomers right opposite which sold hardware. Toomers was absolutely massive ...see more
hi there i was looking at the photo of the liskeard post office 1912 / and would like to mention that the Premises on the right was a motor repair garage i believe / which belong to one of my great uncles whos surname was jago/ being a brother of my great grandmother who was a jago ect // my mother says she use to go in there when she was young in the 1930s ...see more
I went to Crayford County Modern Secondary school in Iron Mill Lane 1945 1950.
Now demolished I see!
Each week in summer our class walked from Iron Mill Lane to Martens Grove via Old Road, walking thro' the woodland of the Grove.
I remember my first dive off the high board seen in the picture.
I met my wife to be in Shenstone Park were we played football to impress the girls ...see more
I can remember walking through Enfield Town as a young boy The Town then had shops like Ketts The electrical shop that sold Radios, Portable Reel to Reel taperecorders, Radiograms, and Record players , then left of that was The Copshop, Right of that was Woolworths,That sold nearly anything , but on the front of the shop inside was a counter that sold very warm salted peanuts, and they were gorgeous, next ...see more
The house on the corner with the conifers....bottom of Dolls Hill? The old gentleman ( he seemed old to a 6yr old) had an aviary full of budgies. I was always hoping when he saw me coming home from school he would let me into the garden for a closer look. He never did, but I loved his garden.
I lived in 16 Portal Road from 1947 until 1953. I remember many things about Tower Hill, including the outside toilets and the air raid shelter we were not supposed to play on. Annie Searle nee Davies
I believe that my grandparents, Walter Otho Pearce and Liley Pearce, may be two of the people in this photo. My grandfather had a corn and forage shop and store just by Jacobs ladder at that time. My grandparents would have been quite newly married and lived nearby when the photo was taken.
Does any one remember The Spring Tavern?
I have a oil painting that was given to my Grandfather Reuben Pickup, I believe that the picture once hung on the wall of The Spring Tavern, and that it was given to my Grandfather in payment for work.
The picture is signed, W. R. Gayton after Lawson Wood and dated 1923, It is pained in the style almost of a cartoon, showing the Spring Tavern anglers, dressed in stone age ...see more
Now a housing estate, I believe. I attended 1972-77 before everything went comp and it closed. Miss Hill was Headmistress and quite the disciplinarian. No running in the central corridor, gels.
i used to own the dolphin cafe (delphine cafe) around 1989 for about five years. previously a gentleman in the RAF owned it also whitelegs the fairground company had it, and had amusements inside and out. my family ran the cafe until selling to haven leasure caravan site, whome left it empty for some time, and became vandalised. the recent owners had it pulled down due to health and safety.i have a few photos during the time we had the property.
I remember the shops in Barking very well when I was a child. One of my favourite shops was Bullies the Jewellers, you couldn't miss it because it had a great big clock flush with the pavement at the entrance. I used to dribble at the sight of all the jewels. The other shops were M&S by the swimming baths, and Woolworth's, they had a cafe at the back of the shop which made the best milkshakes. I also remember ...see more
Hanging about in the gypsy cafe and Lou's cafe and the Blue Mink.Oh must not forget the Tyrol.We must have been hungry
I lived in Church Rd, for the 1st 7years of my life. (1943 - 1950. My Father, Bernard John Musgrove was the Chief Operator at the Regal, & Mum, Joan Richardson (married 1942,) was an usherette. Dad & Mum were sleeping in a room above the organ works, after working late, when a flying bomb hit the organ room. The Manager (Jack Frost) & his wife were not at the Cinema. The 2nd operator was a Don ...see more
In 1966 my girlfriend and I (we married in 1967) stayed with the people who owned the fish and chip shop. My parents had got friendly with them whilst camping and arranged for me to bring Joan back. We shared rooms with other family guests who were down at the same time. So quite 'proper' although we had to share beds with strangers. I have looked at the street view of Mawgan Porth and can see a Fish and Chip shop but am not sure if it is the same one. Can anybody help?
On the 12th of June 1964, I emigrated to New Zealand and sailed aboard the Rangitoto, the voyage took 5 weeks, and called at Curacao, Panama and the beautiful island of Tahiti before arriving in Wellington on the 15th of July
I have been back to England and spent time Crewe about 10 times over the last 50 years, it has changed a lot during those years, the last time I stayed in The Crewe arm's hotel, ...see more
I remeber rugeley I was born there.garden view terrace.moved to birch lane when I was 4 a brand new house number 22.started raven hill school then went to nursery fields when it was first built.oh happy days.live in yorkshire now
In 1957, when I was about 9 years old my father was stationed at Sculthorpe Air Force Base. We lived at The Grange estate before we moved to the base. It was a wonderful old estate enclosed by a brick wall. The former stables were renovated to serve to families. There was an orchard in the back as well as a pathway to St. Mary's church where we loved to go and pick up confetti after ...see more
I have been searching my family tree and find that I had a great great great grandfather named Thomas Pearce Bevan who was born in Bradford on Avon born in 1805. He became a surgeon living in Rochester. He was married to Charlotte (Hodder) from the Isle of Wight. I believe his fathers name was Stephen. Apparently, Charlotte left some money to set up a small charity in Bradford which is now defunct. I am ...see more
In the church at Kentchurch there is a plaque on the wall remembering John Bevan who left money for the poor and the endowed school in 1729, My great great grandfather, William Pearce Bevan lived at Llanithog Farm with his wife, Charlotte and children. My great grandmother, Mary was one of his daughters. I think she may have been in the workhouse at Abbey Dore in the 1881 census. She had a daughter (Sarah Ann), ...see more
This not "The Sandhills." This view is from the railway bridge overlooking Harrison Park, so named after a famous Wallasey family. The hills are man made, allegedly from the spoil from the building of the Wallasey tunnel. This is around the corner from another picture in the collection: St. Nicholas Church.
I moved to Welling at the age of 8 in 1955. We lived in Roseacre Road, near the Guy Earl of Warwick, where the 89 buses terminated. The house was a 30's semi, but it seemed quite grand after the prefab we used to live in. The house backed onto Danson Park, so my 5 year old brother and I used to spend many happy hours roaming, particularly in winter, when we used to have it to ourselves. Although our parents ...see more
I wonder if anyone has an old photo of the pub called The Parson & Clerk before it became a Toby Carvery? I have tried the company but was just too late as they have refurbished it recently and none of the old photos remain. My Mother was born there in 1915 when her parents, Robert & Dolly Wright were either Landlords or owners, I don't know which. Anything that could go in the family records ...see more
Does anyone remember the carnivals in Abertysswg? I Have a photograph on one float with my sister Mary Russell, Carol Thomas, John Miller,and I think Edward Samuel, what fun it was going around the village. It's wonderful having this site and seeing peoples names from those days. Keep sending. Elaine Russell
To small to remember much. Looked after by sister Xaiver... Loved her.
I remember a Vincent and Miss Cavener in the sweet store.
My memories are so many good times, I lived at the ice Rink on Beresford Terrace I skated there almost everyday. I would get so perturbed when the curling would start because they cut our skate space to quarter ice. Sunday was the day when after church we would walk the High Street looking in the shop windows "window shopping" You didn't need any money to window shop and the windows were all so nice. Up one side and down the ...see more
Knickerbocker glories was a real treat!!!!
My mother born in 1927 was called Jean Faulkner she knows she has relatives that originated from Melbury Bubb she was born in Holnest and grew up in Leigh, she knew her dad Herbert Redvers Faulkner was an only child and assumed his dad Lewis Daniel Faulkner was too. As an older child she was introduced to cousins- William, Grace and Elsie Faulkner she thought their dad was Albert Faulkner. I discovered ...see more
I remember that I used to accompany my mother to pay our rent at the Civic Centre. There were revolving doors at the entrance and these used to fascinate me. I always looked forward to going there because of the doors.
We moved to Yeadon in 1961 when I was 7, my dad worked for Timothy Whites Chemists who had their head office in Leeds. We moved into a new house 2 Whackhouse Close and I went to Westfield Primary which was just across the road. I loved that school, my favourite teacher was Mr. Gooch.At age 11, I went to Aireborough Grammar- that was a very good school too. By 1965 we had moved to Guiseley but my grandparents bought our old house ...see more
I was talking to my mum, she was born in Leigh in 1927. Her parents had Bracken Heath, a small holding. Her mum was Dorothy Faulkner, and she was the school teacher until she retired in 1965. Anyway, my mum, Jean, recalls the maze and it's connections to ghostly carry ons. She believes that witches had been hung on a large tree at a fork in the road close by. There were many witches and it was ...see more
I was born in Birchdale gardens behind the Cinema and bus terminal. Moved to Chadwell Heath Lane 1941 when bombed out and then to 49 Hall Road on corner with Chadwell Heath Lane. Attended Chadwell Primary School 1945/1951. back then the 'Lane housing really stopped at Brian Road and then there were only a few cottages all the way to the Hawbush. From Chadwell Primary I went to Royal Liberty and after ...see more
I was in st margarets children's home nation's hill headbourne worthy about 1961 think the home was run by a mr mrs Alcock also sang in st marys choir
My Grandfather was a police constable here.
Hi,I grew up in oldfield lane during the seventies but can not remember what type of building /shop was there before they built the sainsburys? Can anyone help??
kate barnes was a perminae fixture at the bottom of grove lane in camberwell she was a fiery lady and if you upset her the air could be quite blue with her colourfull labguage she enjoyed her pint and she often sat by her newspaper stand with her beer and bread roll usually filled with cheese at lunchtime she was still there in the early sixties when she retired the place never felt the same
Does anyone remember the prefabs on rycot rd?
I was in palmerston house in 1962 ran away twice with some other kids caught by the police in a barn on a farm,they were not happy with me after searching all night
My parents used to live in the flats in daiglen drive opposite the little woods, my brother was born in 1952 ,in 1956 I was born and we moved into 12 Avontar Road, many memories we had I have lost my parents and my brother so now thinking back from when I was young, our family name was Munday my brother was called Jimmy and I Bridget, can't really remember my brothers friends only one I recall was Gary I remember ...see more
my father was doctor Emanuel wilder at the hospital and lived in a new house close to the entrance drive.
I remember the stile across the road from the field that led to the railway, I am desperate to find the old house it was a two storey that looked into fields most likely at the hospital.
any feedback on my dad or the house area would be well received.
my dads friend at the time was a sister and I knew her as Norrie.
kind regards dennis wilder
More teachers from Flaxley Road Primary School. I started school on my fifth birthday in 1950. When it was your birthday you were allowed to play some tubular bells in assembly, first thing in the morning. I didn't dare admit it was mine.
My first teacher was Miss Wallace who left to get married, which is what all teachers had to do when they married in those days. The next was Miss Moate who ...see more
My late father Arthur Thomas Wells, son of Robert worked for Parker Pen and edited their magazine BLOTS and SPLASHES , and played for their work Cricket and Football teams..
He added to his football interest for a period from about season 52-53 to 54-55 bt being a referee locally, officating ...see more
My late Mother lived at 24 ,, and it seemed that various members of the family, her father was GEORGE STREET, he was the son of JOHN STREET, had also lived at 9 and 12. Upland Road.
i can find out little about the wworking and social lives of George and John, it appears George ha been a Customs and Excise Officer but where did he work, was it ...see more
The Photo of the LMS Gravesend to Tilbury Ferries brought back memories of my time working on them as Deckhand and Fireman in the 1950s.
Those who crossed on the Ferries did not realise the work involved in getting them safely to the other side with the Captain and the Mate on the Bridge and the Deck hands keeping lookout
more so when the weather was bad or Foggy I remember a good few near ...see more
Does anyone remember if there were teachers called Mr Alder, Miss Crabtree, Miss Cooke and Miss MacLeod at the school circa 1941?
I was born on Vicarage lane in 1947, moved to a flat on Charlemonte Road then onto St Albans Ave.
I remember Bonny Downs and all the friends we had as times were very tough so we went "pinching" fruit off the grocers stall outside the shop in vicarage lane, and running like hell when he chased us..
My dad was a chef, a master baker and confectioner,he ran a bakery on High Street ...see more
I worked at the mill for a number of years.Outside the power plant was a fresh water 'well' fed I think, either from the river or from an underground artesian well. I was amazed when someone told me there were crabs in the well, incredibly they were correct, I actually saw them myself, they were the size of edible crabs you buy at the supermarket, does anyone else remember them or have information on them, always been ...see more
My maternal grandmother was a Hetherington and has a history which traces back to Hethersgill. I believe that they may have been blacksmiths in the area before moving via Haltwhistle to Gosforth which is where my Grandmother was born.Any information on the family would be welcome.
Michael Young.
Did the puffing billy line actually exist? Apparently there was a steam railway line that ran through a tunnel from dartford to essex, that was on the site of the Dartford Tunnel, is this true, or was it just a line that ran to link up the old chalk pits?
My name is Stuart Humphreys I turned 64 this may and between 1955 and1957 I went to Compton school . We lived in churchfields for a time but also my dad who at the time was training for a career at G.C.H.Q. was a chauffeur for a family called stott (I think) and my mum was their cook, we lived in the attic if memory serves and I remember they were having a swimming pool built. I think they had a ...see more
I was born in Dartford in 1953 and lived in Bexleyheath until I was 15. I went to school in Welling at Maryville Convent. I loved shopping in Welling and used to meet my friends there and go to Danson Park. Sue Tebbs
i started as a cook then as plumpers mate in the late 60s ive been up the tower witch was the holding the water tanks.the padded cells were in the basment at the front of the building,they still had some of the padding.at the time my mum worked in the laundry down the hill.there is a tunnel witch runs from the sanatorum to the laundry at the bottom of the hill.my family lived in verginia water for some time by the name of jonson and my dad everest lived in hurst lane
My Family have strong connections to Grazeley Village i always had a Happy Childhood this Village seems to forgotton in alot of Stories but it is Lovely little Village when i was Growing up and it as a alot of History to it .
Where do i start my Great Grannie and Granddad lived their first at the Cottages just on the Left before you go into Grazeley,My Grandparents lived down Pump Lane where my Mum and ...see more
I was born in 1924 @80 water street in the rear part of a sweetshop fronting on water street & owned by My Godmother Eva Parks-My Father worked in the steel mill & We moved to London in 1931 for My Father to obtain work which He did--in 1941 i joined the RAF & served in bomber command till 1946.
I remember as a child there was a railway crossing in water street possibly leading to the steel works.
I ...see more
My brother and I were born in Central Middlesex Hospital, me in 1949, my brother in 1953. We lived in Harlesden High Street in the late 40's early 50's.
We lived above the tailor, John Collier - its now Jasmine's , at 103a High Street. I remember as a small child looking out of the window and watching all the cars and buses going by. Our name is Foster, there was my mother Florence, dad Ernest and brother ...see more
Our family from Wolverhamton remember many happy holidays spent here from 1949 onwards when they purchased a van and sited it in the first field.It can be seen about 6 vans fron the cliff (if you have good eyesight) going towards the sea.The boys in the family enjoyed exploring the cliff and caves and were introduced to the area by the writer of the above comments Robert Wagstaff.As we all get older we ...see more
I Came to Icklingham aged 18 months in 1950 following my mother's death and lived with my grandparents.
So many wonderful memories growing up: our pigs, the mill, the river, the heath, the school, Jane Hurrell, Trevor Walker, Maureen.
Now aged 65 years and still love the place to bits.
I am trying to find any children or grandchildren of Lesley Charles Hall, whose wife's name was Hilda. He served in the Royal Navy during the war. I believe he had 11 children. He died in 1998.
Any information would help no matter how small for the book I am researching. Thank you for your time.
John M Taylor
OUR HISTORY AS A COMPANY
To get all the information I've had to go back to the very beginning, here goes.
Sarah Ann Kershaw born 1855 married James Roscoe becoming Sarah Ann Roscoe.
Sarah Ann Kershaw is Alan Millington's great grandmother, John Millington's great great grandmother.
Sarah and James owned a furniture dealers shop at 60 / 62 / 64 Lever Street, Little ...see more
Imagine my surprise the other week, whilst visiting Feilding in Manawatu, here in Kiwiland, I asked the lady in the museum where she was from, surprise surprise: Streatham.I said so am I! we must have met each other from time to time back in our childhood as she had lived so close to us, but our schools weren't the same - she went to Sunnyhill School and we ...see more
My grandmother was Dorothy Mary Emma Faulkner nee Newport daughter and only surviving child of Percy Benjamin Newport and Florence nee James. She was born 21st July 1900, Percy and his brother Herbert were the sons of Benjamin Newport, they were all butchers, Percy was a bacon curer, Herbie was also the Fire Chief I understand, my mum remembers seeing him in his very ornate uniform. My ...see more
I was born in Dulwich then moved to Stratham went to Dunraven around 67,68,69. I lived on Haybridge ave.. I remember Trevor H. Kenneth , Anthony D. I also went to Immanuel school. I think thers a Sainsbury there now. The church steeple is still there, at least I see it on google maps. If any of this is familiar please respond.
I also have fond memories of Stratham Common and the Rookery.
Mark.
The Long family owned a bakery and confectionery shop in Portishead. Evidently the business was in the family for at least 3 generations-William Long, his son Alford Long, and his daughter Amy Beatrice Long as late as 1911. Alford's descendants who emigrated to the United States would like to find out more about the family.
My sister and I used to spend every summer in Leigh, so much so that we even attended the School. I think it helped that our granny was Mrs Faulkner (Dorothy)the Infant school teacher. Grampy was Sandy, our mum Jean was born and brought up in or very near Leigh. Till she met dad, they married at Leigh church and moved to London. Granny retired in 1965 and they moved to Yorkshire with us, then on to Nottingham with ...see more
Reg McCarthy a friend of my grandparents had grocers Charles st I think retired or sold shop 1963
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I lived at Sangley Road from 1939 until I married and moved away in 1968,
Having spent the war years in Catford I still have vivid memories of my childhood with my brothers and sisters. I spent my early school years at Plassy Road school (later called Rushey Green school) then after my 11+ I went to Hither Green school from 1939 until Christmas 1953. I remember very well when the Saturday pictures (ABC Minors) ...see more
Westsleekburn secondary modern school class 4a 1955/6 school trip to Whitby.Later a school concert organised by a teacher & his wife who moved to Lindesfarne to teach.The headmaster drove a Morris car I think his name was Mr Strong
I well remember the rowing boats on the lake in Beddington Park. One end of the lake seemed quite dark and sinister, whilst the other was open and safe. I remember creaky oar locks and wooden hulls, and being called in when your time was up.
Beddington Park was a large part of my childhood experience, my earliest photographs were taken near the Grange, and I feel it is part of me 65 years later.
There is nothing wrong with relishing the past....
My mother grew up on the Lodge in Beddington. Her family lived there throughout the war years and remembers the V2's and sheltering in the basement of the orphanage during air raids. Somewhere we have photos of milk being delivered by dog-drawn cart. A psalm was written around the windows on the ground floor of the Lodge. Mum and her sister slept in the bedroom over the kitchen and often talk about how cold it was....
I took her back for her 90th birthday.
My name is David and I holidayed in Tighnabruaich in 2 of the above years with my Mum,Dad and older brother(all deceased now).I was around 10 years old and remember the trip we had from Edinburgh-train to Glasgow Central, train to Gourock, and then on to the St Columba steamer and on to tighnabruaich.We lived in a guest house that was owned by the local coal merchant Mr simpson and his family.Recently I returned to ...see more