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My grandfather and grandmother Dixon lived in the station house. My grandmother had a marquee on the Willows, from memories of conversations with my mother who lived there also for 4 or 5 years, on Sundays she would serve tea and cakes. I think there may have been a band.
If anyone has any old pics I would love to see them.
My great-grandfather Henry Dudley grew up in Walton On The Hill, as did many of his ancestors and siblings. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. His father Jacob Dudley married my great-great-grandmother Jemima King in 1828 and they had eleven children. Walton On The Hill, I am proud to say, looks every bit as I would have imagined it to be, a beautiful, peaceful and serene location. Next ...see more
Schools - Davis Lane and Tom Hood (remember Gladys's music academy?). Memories of the wonderful library opposite the church; working in Woolworths on Saturdays for £1 a day; meeting Mum for lunch at Lyons and enjoying a steak & kidney pudding; spending time at the bowling alley (remembering when it was a cinema and going there on Saturday mornings). Those were the days, you could walk home from Leyton at night, ...see more
I was on a week's holiday with other pupils from Ardwick Secondary Technical School in Manchester, five girls shared what was known as the film star bedroom, a most beautiful room with oil paintings on the walls.
I was 15 at the time and felt most grown up, being away for the first time without my parents.
It was the Shakespeare's birthday celebrations whist we were there and the gardener gathered flowers ...see more
My grandparents George and Sarah Ruddick lived in Heads Nook. He worked as a guard on the railways, she worked in a small room repairing woollen blankets in the Mill. They lived in Glenn Terrace, Heads Nook. I have many happy memories of visiting them. I believe we used to go to the village hall for some functions, as well as attending the village church. Having lived in the USA for some years I have lost all photos of the village.
Anne Hirst, daughter of Isaac Ruddick, their only child.
I was born at number 19 The Green, Souldrop and spent my first 17 years of my life in the village. We moved from number 19 to The School House when I was six. My early memories are playing on the green with all of the other children and learning to ride a bicycle around it.
Bulganin and Khrushchev known then as B & K, visited Sellafield, in 1956 the two Soviet Leaders came to visit the nuclear re-processing plant at Sellafield, I believe they stayed at the Scawfell Hotel in Seascale, they certainly visited the hotel, can anybody else remember this event?
In the 1890's my grandfather, James William Brown, son of George Brown and Eliza Moverly, went to Holbeck Day school. I am looking for any information about the family or the school that anyone can give me
Thank you in advance.
I was an apprentice at Sellafield in 1957 living in Seascale. In the winter months some of my pals and I would frequent the Scawfell Hotel, but go in the back entrance where we could mix with the young waitresses in their mess room, just across the corridor from the kitchens. If we were lucky, we might even obtain a half pint of beer – I was 16 then so was under-age drinking. I remember one waitress, ...see more
I remember the swimming baths very well. My name is Peter Weeks and I used to live on Llanwoanno Road. I swam at this baths at every opportunity during the summer. I used to dive from the diving board on the right hand side as you look at the picture, coming up at the steps in middle of the pool. On the one occassion there were people at the steps blocking my access to the steps, it was ...see more
I remember you, Paul Smith from Chapel Hill School and High School. I also remember you going to New Zealand. I see John Mews occasionally in the White Hart at Braintree having morning coffee so I shall ask him if he remembers you. John also worked at Crittalls all his life. Doug Kemp went into the RAF and when he retired he didn't come back to Braintree. Barry Wassell also moved away and sadly he died a few years ago.
I remember the brush works in Manor Street very well. My grandmother's brother worked there, his name was Arthur Rayner. I had a hand brush from Sun Brush Works and used it for many years.
I visited the church in 2008 with my mom, and husband, as this is the church where her dad Albert George Blythe married her mom, Matilda Elkin. It was a beautiful church, so peaceful and quiet. We walked around and saw some family names in the cemetery. Just to finally be in the place where my grandparents were married was amazing. The Blythes were from Acton, and I'd heard of it always, so to visit there was just wonderful.
I came here at almost 5 years of age, in September 1949, to commence my schooling with the then newly amalgamated Royal Alexandra and Royal Albert Schools - both being of London orphanage origins from the mid-eighteenth century. The beautiful 250 acre estate, formerly belonging to the late Sir Jeremiah Colman ("The Mustard King") was acquired by the newly-formed RAAS shortly after Sir Jeremiah's ...see more
I was born in the street where Pauldins was on the corner. Higher Chatham Street in 1955. I don't remember it but the family used to talk about it burning down because my grandparents owned the Salutation Pub at the time and it had to be hosed down in case it was burnt as well. The Salutation is still standing. I used to watch all the students going down the street to the Dental Hospital.
My parents moved to Bletchley from London early 1953, they first lived in St George's Road before moving to 35 St John's Road when I made my appearance shortly after Christmas. So much has changed since then, but the estate is much like it was in the early years. I have such happy memories of my childhood. I used to love watching the men busy at the brickworks. I think I am the only ...see more
I remember the pool as a teacher for the Dartford swimming club, people that were around in those days were Hazel Outram, now my wife, Jimmy Clubb, Dave Randall, Dave Watkins, other names I'm not sure of. Anybody out there? I would love to find any old photos etc of the club or swimming in the area.
When I first had a memory of this corner of Newton Road and Buckingham Road, the brick-built extension was no longer standing, only the cottage part of the public house. I used to love standing in front of it because it had a verandah and wooden railings like you would find in westerns. My mum often had to drag me away, the pub by then was no longer in use, the back wall still remains to this ...see more
I also have good memories of "dag jumping" and catching tadpoles in the brook at Hilly Fields and Fourteen Arches. The wonderful smell of of the grass as we played "roly poly" down the hills and over the bumps. Games of pretend on the band stand and ice cream from Gaylors next to the Rose and Crown. Collecting conkers and colourful leaves for school. (Chase Side Elementary and later Chace Girls) We ...see more
My G.G.G.Grandmother was Elizabeth Jardine. She was born at Auldgirth in the 1700s. She married Matthew MacDougal. When visiting the areas of interest around Dumfries, a Mr. Crockett from Dunscore, explained that Auldgirth had been a big farm at one time in the past. Does anyone have any historical information on the site?
When my dad Derick John Jones was born in 1944 he lived in a row of houses called Dill Doll Row or Dill Da Row as some people called them, they were situated at Sandy Bank, Doseley, just behind the Cheshire Cheese pub at Doseley. My dad lived there with his mum Lily Oliver, his stepdad Billy Lee and brother Pete Lee, these people have all since passed away. It would be lovely if anyone has any memories of my family ...see more
This bridge shop for many years was run by my great uncle Edward Moyle who lived in Sunnyside, Gweek.
My nanna lived at 43 Velindre Street. I lived in Griffithstown near Pontypool. I used to spend every school holiday in Velindre. My close friends were Lynne Baker and her sisters, Alison and Maureen from the top of Velindre Street. I think Kay was the youngest. There were a few brothers too. Anyone know where they are now? I live in Queensland, Australia and would love to contact the Baker family ...see more
My memories of Warnham are happy ones, I too was sent from London at the time I believe it was because of my health as my Dad had TB and I was tested and proved positive, so had to leave the family home. I was in Wren dormitory and in Lewes house, my favourite teacher at the time was Miss Margaret Bradford and she married Mr Berry. There was a girl called Pippa (philipa) my best friend she had asthma. Would love to hear from anyone else who may still be around, my name at the time was Stammers.
I remember what Owen Street in Tipton was like. I myself used to work in Eades chemist, Tipton in the early 1970s. Tipton was full of shops then, next door to Eades chemist was a chip shop. Across the road was a hardware store and I remember Guest and Perrys, it was a clothes shop that would do credit for clothes. The shop owner was by the name of Joyce. And there was the Miners Arms pub...the good old days...wish I could turn the clock back.
I wasn't from West Auckland, my dad was. My Aunt Belle lived there, who still wore a long black dress in the 1940s and 1950s. She made and sold vinegar, she also kept hens at the back of the house, she had names for them too like Hetty and Dolly. She would give me a can to go over the road for milk. She would say "If you don't behave, I'll get Mary Cotten to you".
I lived on Wedds Farm from around 1948 to 1963. My father, George Couzens, a wartime Battle of Britain fighter pilot, was manager of the farm which was owned by Mr A. Howeson. They had met in the RAF during the war.
I believe that the photograph would have been taken c1960. The farm certainly had had a milking herd which made way for pig rearing, and the cowshed became one of a number of buildings used for ...see more
My little brother broke his arm while playing by the church, as a big gust of wind picked him up and blew him into the wall, believe it or not.
Having responded privately to Steve Laidlaw and now read other log-ins I have decided to add some of my own 'gleanings'. Now residing in New Zealand but having been born and raised in Barnet, and having traced my family history back some 300 years in Barnet/Hadley, I now have sufficient information to build a reliable picture of theirs and Barnets past. My Peak/Peake (the name is different in some findings) ...see more
Hi there folks,
Just a little bit of memory, when I was a very young lad of one year old, we moved to Little Baddow from London, to Tofts Farm, there we stayed until 1966, developing the business, to include Tofts Country Club, maybe you were a member. I also remember Mr & Mrs Bromley, Woodlands School, we sometimes all played tennis at our place, not too far to walk, I can remember ...see more
I was born in Nelson in 1953 and lived in the prefabs at number 7, Heol Harry Lewis with my mother and father Mary and Doug Gray and my brother Neil who is 5 years older than me. Our next door neighbours were Peggy and Gordon Lewis with children Vivienne (Viveen), Nicky and Peter. I spent a lot of my time in 76 Bryncelyn Avenue at Helen and Jock Szymecka's. Helen was my mother's best friend and her ...see more
My memories of my childhood in Belvedere are so precious. I was born in 1968, and my parents bought a house together with my paternal grandparents in Nuxley Road, number 86. The house is a big Victorian derached house between Narnfield Road and the car park. The house has sooo many fond memories for me, I have tears in my eyes as I write. We had the downstairs of the house and Nan and ...see more
I grew up in Richmond Terrance, Six Bells, spending my childhhod there. I have nothing but happy memories. My nan and grandad used to take me up the mountains where we spent many good days by the stream and the park. There used to be a great toy shop up the road from Nan's. She was a very special person. If anyone could remember her it would be great. She did a lot of work for the Salvation Army, her name was Ethel Islip and we lived in the end house by the lane.
I was born in 1941 and can remember hiding under the stairs when the Germans were trying to bomb Crumlin Viaduct, and after the war the thrill of the park at the top of our street filling with strange people, large tents being erected and the aroma of strange and wonderful happenings. Widsor Park was now an erotic theatre of faraway places and strange animals, all at the top of the avenue, what a thrill to see ...see more
My relations worked for Goldpoint Handbags in Denmark Street.
I'm also related to Mr William Fynn ( of sorts!) who ran the Black Dog. He passed away in 1912 after an unsuccessful operation. His wife Rosanna born in Lancashire was of Scottish heritage. Grace was her niece whom she bought up when her sister died not long after childbirth. Grace's daughter Ellen born in 1893 was my great-grandmother. Ellen moved with her husband in the mid 1920s to Wwales ...see more
My name is Janet (nee Smith) McGraw, I was born in Witham, Essex in the year 1942. I also went to Chipping Hill Infant School. I started school April 16th 1947, the day before my 5th birthday. I remember Ann Goodchild very well, I actually have a photograph of her as "The Fairy" in the Christmas play, with me standing beside her as "The Holly and the Ivy". I also went to the Church School. I left ...see more
There was Mr Jim Goynes, Mr Nicholson and his wife, Mr Hamer, Mr Oxley (the boys knew him as "Flump" although I never knew why). There was Mollie Manion (known as Matron), Mrs Nicholson was her assistant and invariably was in charge of the sick bay, this was an isolated area in the roof of the main building. I remember various times in the sick bay involved in pillow fights with other sick ...see more
I was born in Ireby in 1955. I had two sisters and a brother, Linda Val and Paul. My mum was born in Ireby and her dad John Coates (my grandad) lived around the corner in the cottages in the middle of Ireby. I went to Leck School and then to Hornby Secondary School. Dad was born in Barrow in Furness and met Mum when she worked at the Copper Kettle Cafe in Cowan Bridge. It was the best childhood and ...see more
We moved to Compton Bassett in 1957 when I was 11 and lived there until my father died in 1986. My parents were George Edward (Ted) Jones and Lucy. First we lived in Dugdales Farm house with Mr and Mrs Monck, and then moved to what we called Hundred Acre Cottage which was specially built for us by Mr Monck. After they sold Dugdales we moved to what was then known as Alley Cottage. My father was an ...see more
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 etc) had not been completed. The main village and shops were situated on Bath Road. There was the pub,The Crown - as a treat we were allowed to take empties back to the 'off licence' ...see more
I went to the Gordon Schools until I moved to England in 1972, they were the best days of my life. My uncle George Robertson owned the painting and decorating shop in Castle Street. I remember the picnics down by the Deveron in the summer. There was an old tale about the green lady who was supposed to haunt the castle at night, I don't think anyone dared walk down that way in the dark, it was very creepy. I still visit quite ...see more
Most of my great-grandparents were born in the Banff area. They later moved to Huntly in Aberdeenshire. Their surname was Robertson, most of them are intered at Huntly. If anyone has any memories of the Robertsons could you please share them with me. George Robertson married an Ann Watts in Huntly on May 31st 1962, they had 4 children, Alexander, Jane, Margaret, Georgina. Margaret sadly died at the age of 21.
John Joseph Granter b.1887 moved to Upton in 1925. He owned a bus or coach company and also land and farms near Rossington. I can find no record of his businesses or what happened to them. One or two relatives of whom I'm aware still live in the area. Someone may know or even remember more ...
I went to Gaythorne Primary School until 1963. The headmaster was Mr. Jacks and the teacher of the last year was Mr. Beasley. The teacher in the aged 5's class was Miss Atkinson. I loved Gaythorne Primary. I wonder if anybody else has fond memories of this school in Hulme.
My aunty Hilda was a Bowcock from Hulme before she married my Uncle Jimmy Flanagan. Wonder if she was related to the Bowcocks mentioned on this site. Sadly she has long since passed away but I am guessing she was a relative.
I remember Paulden's Store on Oxford Road burning down. I was with my gradma Nellie Flanagan and we were horrified. I am not sure of the exact date but it was in the 1950s.
I was brought up in Nailsea. My parents owned a toy and gift shop on Station Road rented from Bob Vance, later we moved to Noah's Ark Cottage. Built in 1666, it had all the original features intact, the stone walls, roses in the garden cultivated since 1666, and I also remember finding Green Nailsea and
Bristol Blue glass when planting conifers.
I remember the smell of freshly made buns at ...see more
I was born at Cyprus Lodge, a bungalow in Victoria Road, Mortimer Common, it has a pond and 2 large gates. My father was in the RAF at Burghfield. I was the only child in the village I am told, we left there in 1945. My parents used to cycle in the woods and the local garage made me a scooter since children's toys could not be bought. The family surname was Welsh. I was also told that the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina was evacuated to the area during the war.
I remember Father Christmas arriving on the steam train at Hayfield station. He then went to the village hall, where lucky children who had the penny or two which it cost, could see him and get a present. I used to wait on the platform with my brother and all the other children. My brother once told me to come and see the new train at the station which was called a diesel. He was so excited because it ...see more
My family come from Penrhiwceiber and I would like to know any information or help I can get. I am doing my family tree and I am stuck. My grandad was born there, his name was Cecil Thomas, born 1929. His father was also born there John Rowe Thomas born around 1904 he married phoebe hearty they had children named phoebe John Cecil my grandad Eleanor Rita and a son named emlyn who died John Rowe ...see more
My Mam was evacuated to Hallbankgate, Brampton for a short time during the Second World War. She stayed (with her little sister Marina and my Grandma) on the farm of brother and sisters Willy, Maggie and Betty Blaine (could be spelt Blain or Blane). They then kept in touch until Betty died (the last of the three). I can't remember the name of the farm and wonder if anyone in the area has any information? Thankyou, Jane Gallagher
I feel a bit of a gatecrasher here, as I've been living in Suffolk since 1973! Basically though, even though I'm a wrinkly/pensioner, I'm a South Suburban Surrey Boy, through and through! Born 1932 in 144 Garendon Road, our postal address was Morden but we were in the parish of Carshalton. My confused identity doesn't end there. Our milk was from Sutton Creameries, our gas from the Croydon Gas Company, our electricity ...see more
Does anybody have any information on Mr. & Mrs. F. E. Rogers who lived at the "Culver House" in Middlewich? I believe (but could be mistaken) they lived there during the 1930s through the 1960s. I have an old book that was once given to Mrs. Rogers by a friend named "Jessie" or maybe "Tessie". The birthday card that was inside the book mentions a bookstore in Crewe. I live in Texas & ...see more
The year 1977 onwards we lived in Barwick, we were called Fletcher and related to the Kirks who were builders on Potterton Lane. My grandma lived next door opposite the churchyard. My mother Betty was a Kirk. We played footy on Carrfield Road, had friends called Richard Warrington, Martin Coates, Andrea Mouncey, Martyn Fletcher and me, aka Darren. Went to Barwick junior and infants school, Mr Naylor was headmaster. Does anybody else recall these memories? Please post.
Hello can any one help me please? This is not specifically to Minehead but in April 1960 I stayed at a wooden chaleted holiday camp on the north Somerset coast to the east of Minehead, I think. All I can remember is that I stayed at this camp as part of a school journey holiday from my school in S E London.
It was on a cliff top overlooking a beautiful sandy beach that had a waterfall coming down onto it. Also that ...see more
I'm writing about my mother and father who, during 1939 and 1940 lived at 'Cherry Tree' and 'Park Cottage', Gorran Haven. Does anyone remember these houses. Perhaps the house names have been changed since - possibly become holiday cottages, I have tried, on the internet to find them to no avail. My brother remembers an early warning siren to warn of overhead invasion. My parents names were Kay and ...see more
My ancestor was born there in 1793 and worked on the land. he then walked down to Barham where he met and married his wife. A couple of years ago I visited Occold and wandered the same streets he probably walked. At that time the Beacontrere Arms was still open and I enjoyed a meal there - there had been a pub there from 1600s so my ancestor didn't have to go thirsty!!
I was born in the front bedroom of 63 Dawsons Avenue on the 19th December 1954. I went to Grays Farm Primary School, then on to Midfield Secondary School for Boys. My local shops were Cotmandene Crescent. I remember the rag and bone man coming round on his horse and cart. My neighbours and friends at the time were Paul and Ian Biggs, Brian Cook, Gerald Tilney, Jeffrey Sparrow. We used to play football in the road, until way past 10.00pm at weekends. Happy days.
My father was born in 1927 - Brian David - and he had a brother who was handicapped called Glan, two sisters called Rhian and Linda and another brother called Ceri. I remember going to visit my Gran in Oak Street as a child and I wonder if anyone remembers my family?
My mother in law was sent from Herefordshire to the House of Mercy (later the Convent of St. Peter) in about 1925 (aged 12/13). She left in 1927 and was put into service in London. I have traced some documents in the Wakefield Archives but I am unable to understand the reason why she was sent to Horbury from Hereford. Her name was Bessie Eileen Jones. Her grandmother surname was Prosser. Could she have ...see more
My first job when I left school (St Hughes, Park Road South) at 15 was in this shop. I was there for 3 years, until I left for bigger money at Levers. The manager was Jack Francis, a decent man who once slapped me over the back of the head for accidentally dropping bottles of pop on the floor. I forgave him though. I used to deliver orders on Friday afternoons and sometimes ...see more
I have great memories of Matfield Green. My mum and dad would pack up all our kit, put it into a large van then we would be taken from Lewes in East Sussex to the cherry orchard in Matfield Green. The cherry orchard was on the Crittenden Road just up from the owner's house which was Mr Thomsett. We had great adventures there and I will never forget them, like swimming naked in Matfield Green pond which had a ...see more
Arriving in Barnstaple in 1957 from Hampshire, a 17 year old blonde haired young man, my first employment was at the High Street branch of Macfisheries, employed as a shop assistant/delivery boy delivering orders on a large black bicycle with an equally large wicker basket on the front within the Barnstaple town area.
I was immediately made to feel welcome by all that I met, and had many happy years in ...see more
I heard yesterday (Feb-19-2011) that Mr GWYLFA ROBERTS has passed on. To me, and I'm sure all others who knew him, he was the little man with a big heart! He of course taught Standard Two in Corwen School until he moved to the school at Sarnau,a nd later to the headship of Bala Primary, known to many as "Ysgol Goch" or "Ysgol Meirion Jones". His widow is Mrs Olwen Roberts (formerly Davies), ...see more
I remember 'Granny Bowey' who lived in this house and I knew her grand-daughter Ann Wharton. We lived in Coachman's Cottage High Road from 1946 to 1961 and I attended the 2 Primary Schools in Byfleet as well as West Byfleet Secondary and Fullbrook Secondary Schools. I have enjoyed reading other people's memories of Byfleet on this website. Happy Days.
I don't know the exact year the library was built in West Byfleet, only that it opened the flood-gates for me & I would be the first to campaign against closing libraries, thanks to this inclusion to 1960s West Byfleet. The fact that it was circular encompassed that feeling of 'modernism': I was able to wallow in so many stories, fact & fiction, all for free!! It even lent LPs to play on my little ...see more
I was born at No 4 Hilton Street (in March 1955) which was the shop on the very corner at the end of the street nearest to the chimney. Darwen Paper Mill is the mill opposite the houses, with of course India Mill at the end.
I remember David very well, we met at five years old at Middlehurst Avenue Infant School then went to the junior school on Northwich Road and on to the Secondary Modern, we were always in the same class. David's mother and mine worked together many years ago and his dad, I think, worked at Kellogs. We bumped in to each other in the Travellers Rest pub in Moulton a few years ago. I ...see more
I was born in the village in 1953 and went to the junior school from 1958 until 1969 when I then went to Sawston Village College, I had many a happy day at the schoo. I can remember my first teacher, her name was Miss Deany, she was a nice teacher as I can recall. My first classroom is in the photo, it is the room to the left of the picture. My next classroom was to the back of ...see more
My paternal grandparents (Bert and Win Kennett) lived at 108 Cheriton High street for a long time, I don’t think my dad (Eddie Kennett) was born there, I am sure his sister Molly and brother Brian where. I have strong memories of spending Christmas’s at 108 Cheriton High Street; I think opposite was a small cafe known as Grouts tea shop. Then the barbers in the small road just off the high street between the White Lion ...see more
I moved in to Northfield Road when I was 3 months old, as I grew up I made a lot of friends, I lived there until I got married in 1976 .
As a child I had so much fun there, myself and my friends used to play in the circle or we used to be in each other's houses. Life was so much simpler and they were carefree days. Unfortunately I have since lost touch with a very special friend, Valarie Randolth, and her brother ...see more
I was christenedin St John's Church. My parents were marries there, as were my two uncles. I was born at 8 Meadow Cottages and my life-long friend Mavis Ellis (nee Lock) was born next door but one to me. I lived with my grandma and grandad, Hannah and Walter Ufton.
At some time in the 1920s my great-grandmother lived at Meadow Cottages also. Most of my uncles and aunties attended St John's School as I did ...see more
I also came from Tonbridge, went to the Slade in the 1960s and then on to Hugh Christie in the late 1960s and left in 1976. I also live in Australia. During the 1970s I was a Teddyboy, I still am today. I used to go to the teen and twenty, we were always in the Star cafe, we pretty much turned it into a Teddyboy cafe, always good to see others who come from the same town who have also moved to Australia, I'm in Queensland....
I was born 1945 at Mason Green Farm and attended the little school from 1950 until 1954 when my father moved on to other employment away from the area to Furness in north Lancs. My sister Barbara who is 4 years younger than me only briefly attended the school. My memories are of a small happy group of kids in 2 separate classes with a very loud but firm Headmistress, Miss Arms, followed by a Miss or Mrs? Leeming ...see more
Miss M E Foster is shown on a Pathe News news reel on her poultry farm in Frimley Green sitting amongst her hens. She then starts her motorcycle combination to go and deliver the egss to the station. The title of the news reel: 'Miss M E Foster'. Miss Foster was a distant relative.
My husband, Terry Norman, was born in Polesworth and stayed there until he joined the army, then he moved away, never to return. He has a lot of good memories of Polesworth, but we have now settled in Norfolk and are very happy.
My father Frank Clarke was the caretaker at Dorchester Court for many years, and we as a family lived in the bungalow which went with the job. In about 1957-1958 he was given the sack, and a friend of the owner was given his job. We were devastated. We had nowhere to live so my sisters and my mother were sent to a 'rest centre' in Camberwell Green. My father was not allowed there and had to get a bed ...see more
Can anyone help me to find something out please?
My grandfather was the son of Lydia Drury and her mother was a female from Otley Park by the name of Mainwaring, nobody is sure of her first name as we do know that Ms Mainwaring was thrown out of Otley for conceiving a child out of wedlock to a local builder by the name of Drury. I would like to shed some more light on this as my grandfather is no longer ...see more
It used to be all fields around Dawley Bank before thay started building houses and Telford town centre. When we were kids, we could play out all over the place without any threat to us, we could build camps in the woods and Tarzan swings. Plus we could go scrumbing, we used to go down to No Man's Land, which was Iron Bridge as it was known then.