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1968 I was born above the shop that was an off licence, I believe it was called Wine Ways later became Victoria Wine.My family moved in 1973 and I would like to be able to get any info or a picture of where I was born
A close friend whose birth mother lived in Hounslow, is trying to trace his father - name unknown.
His birth name was Alan Douglas Holness b 1967 and his mother, Jennifer, lived at 430 Staines Rd. He was adopted by a couple from Colchester and now lives in New Zealand under his adoptive names.
He has traced his mum, who married in the 1980s in Australia but she doesn't want to meet him or give him his father's name.
Jen ...see more
I've been told that cymmer was a very close community. I intend to visit this March 2019 in the attempt to trace my father's childhood.
Does anyone have any memories or photos of Lewis Lewis, he was a twin. He moved away to Worcestershire and passed away at 31 years old , January 1965?
Any guidance or memories would be greatly received.
Hi daughter Jo U.
I lived in the police station, on bolckow road ,in the 1950s. My dad was the local Bobby,it was a town of rough diamonds with hearts of gold ,who cared for,and helped each other and lived life to the full.I have very fond memories of this place, and those who lived there.
I moved to Cam from London in 1965. I was ten years old. In1971 I moved to Saskatchewan. A move I thoroughly detested. In Cam the world was at my feet and I was so happy. After two years in Saskatchewan I went back but it was never the same. I rode my bike everywhere. I would stay out untill the street lights came on. I cannot think of a time when I was unhappy. Beautiful scenery all around. Good ...see more
My mother, Mary Rands, was christened in this church in 1929. Her Grandparents, Herbert and Mary Ann Rands, lived in a cottage at the back of the church called 'Myrtle' They passed away before the second world war, they are buried just outside the entrance to the new church. My mother's uncle Jack (John Frederick Rands) and Aunt Elsie continued to live at the cottage.
On Sunday the 10th ...see more
Our family lived at 11 Cumberland Rd and my two older sisters were born there too we all attended Eldon Re school
We never evacuated during the war. My father was a pub pianist used to play at (The Cart Overthrown) and
the (Plough), I'm 89 so we go back many years. I married and Emigrated to California in 1958 so I've been here
a few years too My best buddy Geoff Potter lives in Missouri it was he who told me ...see more
I used 2 go to the Imperial in the early 60,s allthe top bands Joe Brown Marty Wilde Screaming Lord Sutch. in fact every band. Remember Unit 4 + 2 at Cheshunt boys club. I went to The Imperial last year The Rock & Roll Club. Sadly no 1 i knew from my past.
We would go over the bridge in dallam go past the old barn and get hens eggs from the next farm , then some spuds from the field. Then boil the eggs in a tin of stream water whilst baking the spuds on a fire we,d made. Then on the way home we would get whatever veg was growing and take them home to mum . Then get some coal spilt from the steam engines by Herbert's farm they were the good days.
I remember cycling across Lyme dam in I think 1963 obviously it was frozen (just about) I could hear the ice cracking, how stupid was that. We were the lads from boulting ave dallam.
I remember going into the toy shop in this block with my dad and buying my first doll with proper hair.
Anyone rise remember it.
In the 1930’s to 1950.
My grandparents were mattress makers & had a small factory to the rear of the shop where they sold mattresses & bedding.
It was a family business & my mother worked with my grandmother. On sewing machines, making mattress covers. My father was foreman in the filling & finishing workshop
I was born in Epping in 1942 in my grandparents home.
We ...see more
My wife Patricia Burton was born in hornsea rd in 1942 to George and Lillian nee prescott, she has sadly passed away,nice if anybody New the family they moved to reading in the 50ss
Hi..I lived in the huts in Albert rd upper belvedere in 1945 opposite the swings & Mr the Prince of Wales pub.We m9ved from there to a new council house in approx 1951..I have tried to find a photo of the huts (ours was at the front close to where the flats are now.I was born in my nan's bed in Holly Hill road. Does anyone have or know where I can find a photo?..Behind us was some prefab where my uncle lived ...see more
I lived in Hamilton Avenue and went to Park Farm primary and junior school as did my three younger sisters. I then went to Epsom County Grammar School, as it was then known, after passing the 11-plus in 1948.
After working in London when I Ieft school in 1953, I worked in Croydon on the Croydon Advertiser newspaper before emigrating to New Zealand in 1963. After writing a memoir of my working life as a foreign ...see more
Born under a table in the front room of No.7 Hall Road on 16/7/1944 while an air raid warning sounded to herald the German V1s presence above.
I attended Aveley Infants and Primary schools between 1949 and 1955 and then Aveley Sec.(Bushy Bit) from 1955 until 1959.
My teachers were Ms Pentany and Ms Pavitt in the Infants and then Primary Ms Skeet, Mr Webster, Ms Southgate and Mr Skinner. ...see more
My 2nd great aunt, Kezia Rosina Southon, died here at work in 1915 of peritonitis and exhaustion. The matron in charge, Annie Kate , certified her death. I was wondering whether someone knew this.
I don't have a memory of Exeter but I do have one of an ex Wokingham girl who moved to and got married in Exeter and I am hoping to reconnect with her, he maiden name was Jennifer House.
She married Michael Charles Phillips in 1971 and they lived in Blackboy road,
I knew her in the mid 1960s and we had some wonderful times together, she travelled from Wokingham to Reading by train and some how we lost ...see more
The river used our playground then before the river ingrebourne was blocked off from the tidal Thames to alleviate flooding in Rainham. Further down river were the old ww2 concrete barges that we used to clamber over while almost getting cut off by rising tide. I lived on the Dovers est. in Evansdale just off New Zealand way from 1952 to 1973..This photo brings back so many memories...
In 1920 my fathers mother and father married. at the time they lived in15 Martins building Lower Bradley. I think I have that right. I am reading it from a copy of their marriage certificate and the script is not that clear. My grandfathers name was Lewis Thomas and my granny was Annie nock. Does anyone have any memoirs of this address? Would love to hear them.
My grandparents, Kenneth Gordon and Mavis Lyne Smith, opened this hotel in 1923. The money came partly from Mavis' mother, Harriet, who had been widowed in Barbados c.1897 and was left a substantial amount of money. Harriet purchased the Clifton Hotel and ran it until 1933.
I lived in West Wickham from when I was born in 1956 until 1968. Remember the place very well. I went to Hawes Down school where Miss Washington was the headmistress. Always used to go to Kiddilines the toy shop at the bottom of the High Street and Hobbytime near the railways station. All my pocket money went on Airfix kits!
My mum always shopped at Bests the butchers and the Pay and take. We used to go the "The ...see more
Moved to Dunbar Road N22 circa 1958 aged 11. Attended Lordship Lane Secondary Mod and later employed at my first job aged 15 at Eastern Gas Board Lordship Lane. That building morphed into Wood Green Crown Court. Later moved to Clarence Road near Bounds Green tube. Happy memories of Wood Green High Road, especially Savilles Music, where I purchased my first foray into the music scene. Singles three for a pound.
In the 1960's I lived in Papercourt lane Ripley, when The Lake froze over and a bunch of us enjoyed an exhilerating few hours skating freely. Wouldn't be allowed today. I've just written a poem about skating and have included this unique,unforgetable experience.
When my grandfather, Arthur Andrew Rush, proprietor of the Old Ship Pub in Aveley, died he left Lennard House and the surrounding land + two red brick cottages fronting onto Park Lane, to my Mother, Lilian Gough.
Granddad Rush had previously built in about 1949/50, two bungalows adjacent to Lennard house, One "Meadow View" for us and "Sunnymeade" for my aunt Gladys Barker.
My parents subsequently sold ...see more
My mum and dad, used to own the petrol garage, and workshop, and they also lived in the bungalow next door, in Nomansland. It was in 1958 / 1959 when they moved in, and have always talked about the times they had shared with my aunt and uncle. I have recently drove through and taken a few pictures for them to see.they are now in their late 80s, and live in Essex.
I am the granddaughter to a man who used to live in Burnt Oak, and was born in 1935. He was unfortunately born out of wedlock and his mother never told him the name of his father. Due to some research by myself and some small snippets of information given to him, we believe his father was the baker with the last name Poole who owned the Caller and Poole bakery, The Broadway (perhaps called the ...see more
My father Eric Martin was a teacher at Burrowhill in the fifties where he met and married my mother Evelyn Stones, who worked as a cook at the school. At the time Mr. Rees was the headmaster, I remember Mr. Jarman, and Jess and Renee Bellis. My parents and the Bellis's kept in touch over the decades and visited one another during the sixties and continued contact by letter until my mother died in ...see more
The date on this photo is inaccurate. I joined Brentwood School in September 1963, at which time Hough House wasn't even started. From memory, it was not completed until about 1964 or 65. Godfrey Thomas (Geography teacher) was either the first, or one of the first, House Heads.
Mark Welton
Many thanks for this information. I have forwarded it to our archivist to make the adjustment. Ed.
I was born in 1947 in boundary park hospital, as it was then. My mum and dad lived in Holt Lane in Failsworth. I can remember the Argyll Mill as a working cotton mill which was just down the lane. My mum was a housewife and my dad worked for George Dews in Oldham who were a construction company. I can remember him working on the building of Barton Bridge. My mother ran in shop from around 1952 for a couple of ...see more
As a lad in the 1950's a Sunday run to see auntie in Petersfield was are regular event. A trip to see the lake and try to spot the large carp that would often rise was a treat. On the road there we would often see 'The Butser Turf company lorries load with supplies. The lorries then were ex army 4 x 4 from the war.
From the age of about 5 (I'm now 69) I use to fish this lake for tench, carp and roach. Then in the winter of 62/63 I would ice skate on it from Boxing Day 62 to march 63 - what a winter that was.
Now in New Zealand for that last 35 years course angling here is not the same. However, the trout fishing is outstanding..
I have very happy childhood memories of my mother taking us to caddys in Dewsbury, I remember enjoying a glass of
pop in a tall glass with a scoop of ice cream on top. I believe that people came from far and wide for the ice cream was superb. Happy days.
My first visit to Saltfleet was as a 12 year old in 1956. A relative , Kitty Scherdel was managing the Sunnydale site for local farmer George Tuxworth and had recently moved a converted bus there from South Yorkshire and we stayed in that. There was one other converted bus and 3 caravans on the site and a chicken hut.. The old lookout tower om the beach was still in good condition then, and the tide ...see more
Saturday mornings in the 50's were often filled by many a child with a visit to the Danilo cinema in High Green.
That building was indeed a 'People's Picture Palace' with its impressive art deco design facade and a luxurious interior dripping with chrome and rich fabrics for the huge, swathed curtains which were drawn back from the stage to reveal the screen. Even the rabbit warren of broad staircases were carpeted and ...see more
Hi,
I went to RWS in 1957 but` was only there for two or three terms because I hated the place. My salvation was the friends I made there and the music teacher who was very kind, with whom I had piano lessons. Miss Edmed was the head teacher while I was there, what a tartar she was. Does anyone else remember her saying, " Procrastination is the thief of time girls" every time she saw us relaxing. I too remember the Tuck ...see more
In the 1960's my grandmother owned what I always new as Lennard house it was a huge place that my parents told me used to be the dower house to the Belhus House and and my uncles attempted to dig out a tunnel that ran between the two houses but had been damaged by bombing in the war my grandmother's name was Doris Beatson Clark do you have any photos of that house?
My very distant cousins in the Tasker family lived in and around Yawthorpe in the 1850's.
Sadly I seem to have lost contact with modern day cousins of my Tasker family but should any descendants be reading this memory I would be very pleased to hear from them.
John Howard Norfolk (living in Bristol near my own grandchildren and I am a first cousin three times removed from Henry Tasker born in Yawthorpe in 1852).
I spent every Summer in Saundersfoot from the age of 6 to 15!
My Uncle owned the garage at the bottom of the arches in Tenby, and I had great fun exploring.
I am trying to remember the name of a lovely little gift shop in The Strand, that no longer exists... think it began with a D..? It was on the right around a third of the way up.
Kate Butler (nee Cosgrove)
My memories of hengoed are fond ones i remember dick's farm always being chased by him for being in the field using it for a short cut also the old school on hengoed rd loved that school i remember mr griffith the head master he would use a piece of form to punish you lol but only memories now i remember the griag always over there or over the viaduct back in the 70's i was only 10 at the time so ...see more
at the stroke of midnight every locomotive "on shed" at the loco shed that had any steam left in its boiler would have the whistle sounded[ it does not sound much until you hear 20 or so loco whistles at the same time !
I to have happy memories. It was a convalescent home when I was there in 1952/54. Lots of kids with Asthma. Ran by Matron and Sir I think the last name was Elvidge but not sure. They had three children, Monica who was at boarding school, Elizabeth and Hugh who lived with us and we went to the local school. I saw the Queens coronation sitting in Matrons sitting room on the floor. My first TV program. Would love to know what happened to the folks there.
I went saint Anne’s R.C school in the 50s my name is Michael Mcgrath Age 74...anyone out there??
my name is Michael p aged 79 my twin brother john lived with our parents at the old post office with a big garden at the back beyond that was a working mans club(newly built) behind that mrs puttoks orchard where we went scumping beyond that nothing but one old house at the top of the hill then open fields and woods full of primroses we went to primary then senior schools up coolham road both have gone now I could go on and on
There has been a public library in Cannock for many decades. As a child I remember the library being housed in a set of green painted, wooden buildings which stood on High Green next to the Council Offices. These grandiose huts had brass handles to the swing doors which led to a vast array of shelves all crammed with books of every shape and size. The one thing they all had in common was the smell. A musty old ...see more
I was 12years old when we lived there my father own a electrical shop at 60 banstead road bringing back some memories know i live in
australia
I grew up in Romford and went to Mawney road junior school, then later Pettits Lane Secondary school for girls.
I still consider Romford my hometown even though we have moved around quite a bit since my marriage in 1966.
I remember the market well, shopping there every Saturday, and can still remember the cattle market just before it closed. A big memory for me also was the smell of hops from the Inde ...see more
Here's another set of memories about Walhose Junior School as I promised.
In 1955, I moved from John Wood C of E Infants up to the Church of England's own junior school which was located on the New Penkride Road. I was duly scrubbed and dressed in my new school uniform John Wood's had been grey and some blue - Walhouse's decidedly green with braiding to the edges and pocket tops of our jackets. ...see more
My father was evacuated to Bentham during WW2. He had relatives who owned the Wenning Hotel. His name was Peter Townson. Does anyone have any memories of him? Long shot I know!
In this photo is pictured a 645 Trolly bus the one I used to catch to Edgware Secondry Modern School at Spur Road
I Lived in Manor Park Cresant the bottom of which is just in front of the Trolly bus on the right, I lived in Edgware from 1949-1962.
I was at Edgware School from 1957-1961.
After moveing to Bushey in 1962 I then moved to Cornwall where I still live.
I have very fond memorys of Edgware and the friends ...see more
Hi I lived in Hyde park in the1960s.We used to play football in elm field park,I used to have to walk to school on balby bridge called st Francis.memorable days.i have looked for photographs of Hyde park in the 60s but have never seen any.i lived on Palmer street,have you any pictures I would love to see them.
These are my Grandparents, both teachers at the new school in Llangefni, they were also largely responsible for the creation of Theatr Fach. I am the daughter of their son Martin Fisher. I'm not sure how active the Theatr is now but I do remember with great family pride going to the unveiling of a bust of my Grandfather in the entrance area of the theatre. Born in 1961, I can only have been in my very ...see more
Walhouse C of E School was an integral part of Cannock's very existence for some 175 years. Sadly there is no image of it on this archive. This is what one record says of it:
Walhouse School was founded in 1828 by Mrs Ann Craycroft Walhouse of Hatherton Hall who gave £2,000 to buy the land and build a school and teacher's house on New Penkridge Road. By 1851 it had become a National School and was enlarged in ...see more
There was a tremendous interest when this reservoir was officially opened by the Queen Mother.
The local papers carried details of the scheduled times and events connected with this event. Not least of all, the Queen's route was specified. Needless to say crowds gathered to get a glimpse of her, particularly on both footpaths on this bridge and in the wide-open spaces before it.
A loudspeaker van ...see more
My father saw this clock being installed when he was young. It was an electric mechanism but many decades later somebody realised that it had never had a meter fitted and had run, free of charge all that time. Oops!
The building beyond the Market Hall is, of course, Taylor's bakery, cake shop and cafe. Once again my father had a slight connection. He was the very first customer after the original ...see more
It's pity that there are no images of Cannock's schools on this archive. Cannock actually had a number of schools long before many other towns. Primary education for all didn't come into effect until the Education Act of 1870 made it compulsory. I'd like to mention one school.
This is the John Wood C of E School which was established by a gentleman from London. (A memorial plaque in St.Luke's church bears this ...see more
It was August 1955. School summer holidays and when they were over, it would be time for me to begin junior school back in my Midlands home town. My mother had been preparing for that big event, purchasing embroidered cloth school badges to sew onto a new blazer and matching cap.
She'd purchased a new brown leather school satchel amongst other things such as a splendid set of pencil crayons and a geometry ...see more
In 1959, my father took me to Chapel Ash to see the latest arrival in the car showroom on the junction. (It might have been called Clark's)
The place was packed. So many people wanted to see the two new cars which were on display. They stood in the middle of the showroom: an Austin Mini and a Morris Mini, actually badged as a Morris Mini Minor I think, but it was hard to see them through the throng, especially ...see more
One year, for Ascension Day, a curate at St.Luke's decided that we, the choirboys, should ascend the church tower and sing appropriate hymns. (Was it the Rev. Pollett?)
All of us lads dutifully made our way, fully robed in cassocks, ruffs and surplices I might add, up through the external door on the north side of the tower, past the bellringers loft. There followed an interesting, narrow, stone spiral staircase to ...see more
My father recalled when this castle was occupied in the 1930's. How did it ever fall into such neglect so quickly that it was virtually razed to the ground? Who let part of our heritage disappears so readily?
When this church was built it caused such a stir. Given the vast amount of mining subsidence in the area, it was constructed on a so-called concrete raft.
Somehow the story got around that there were huge jacks underneath the building to correct any detected ground movement and avoid Hednesford having its own leaning tower! People marvelled at this notion.
Was that all true? I really don't know but it does seem unlikely, unless you know differently!
This range of buildings was the Co-op, part of Walsall and Districts group of stores. They sold virtually everything you needed or if they didn't, you'd get it from D.W.Clarke's across the way.
They always paid out a dividend to registered customers, possibly twice each year. Great queues of women would line up in a large entry just opposite the church. An office was located there to make a cash-back payment ...see more
This was once the main route through Cannock, namely the A34. I can't ever recall it being congested in the post war years and even into the 1960's though long distance lorries often passed through this way. Of course at that time the actual total number of vehicles on the roads was very much lower than what we have at the present time.
The large building on the right is D.W. Clarke's emporium which sold nearly ...see more
I was interested to read your account of Quarles and Bosworth schools.
The primary school set my opinion of education, we were constantly beaten for minor infringements, made to stand on a chair hands on head whilst a female teacher hit our legs with a ruler.
I'm afraid this conditioned me for life in school.
It took me years to get on track, all my educational achievements coming in my thirties.
Thank God I came ...see more
Of course everybody know this building as Taylor's. However not everybody knows that there is another floor above the restaurant level. It can be clearly seen in the photo. This was the location of Cannock's Freemasons Temple for many years and may still be so for all I know.
Of course this is St.Luke's parish church in Cannock which stands on ground which has connections with worship going back for many centuries. There is a battered and worn ancient preaching cross in front of the building which has several stepped platforms leading up to the stone stump which must surely have been a complete cross before time and troubles took their toll. All the children would climb to the ...see more
I was amazed to come across this photograph.
I lived at 7 The Crescent Kirkburton, from 1948 to 1966 and this is a photograph of our house. We lived next door to the Midgeley family and the Tunnicliffe family. David Broadbent lived a couple of doors away.
I went to Highburton School and then to Mirfield Grammar School.
The head teacher at Highburton then was Mr Hampshire. He was a lovely gentle pipe ...see more
My ancestor's sister Mrs Jane Heather nee Mummery, was a widowed servant aged 29 when in 1861 she worked for this Surgeon and GP with his wife Jane and 4 children who lived in Chandos Place Broadstairs. In 1847 the novelist Charles Dickens made Broadstairs his headquarters from the early summer to the end of October , at , it is believed , either No. 1 or No. 6 , Chandos Place .
I was a member of the Eccles Boys Choir which was founded by Allan Warrington who was a teacher at Beech Street School he was also the choir master at Eccles Parish Church and also a part time organist at Manchester Cathedral .
I was a member of both church choirs due to Allan who was a great man and encouraged many young boys to join the choirs .
We also made a record for the BBC Manchester radio which was ...see more
I remember "the laughing cat" around 1959/60 when it was a coffee bar, I was a patient at the nearby hospital when on occasion I would pay it a visit with a nurse I was friendly with on her afternoon off where we would hang around and play the jukebox, it was good to get away from the hospital confines for a while. Mick Higham
My great grandmother's cousin who was born Eleanor Wraight married Thomas Kidder Hawkins, and around the year 1876 their first son was born in Sutton by Dover. Then Thomas was employed as a shepherd. By the time of his children's marriages in the 1900s, he was reported to be a clerk and verger. His addresses in the village up to 1924, were Yew Tree ...see more
When I was in my early teens birdnesting I got caught on the Swan neck pipe in the top right hand side of shop and had to be rescued by Bill Parker who lived opposite. He had to hold the only available ladder on his shoulder I climbed down and ran away o happy days. Contact at bugsymason@talktalk.net.
this corner of little sandhurst has lots of happy memories for me every thing seems as if it ...see more
I lived in the Baby Shop from about 1953 to 1962 with my parents Alfred & Joyce Howarth
I was interested to see the photgraph of Maesteg,with the shop Leila Daniel
Leila and i married in Vancouver in 1978,and i think that's her Father standing in the shop door way,although i never met him. .
Regards,
Alan Robertson.
I was also a pupil there when it was a boarding school, Loved it in the winter great for tin lidding down the hills ending up in the bramble bushes, or in bamboo bushes, ! Also I remember the headmaster loved using the slipper !!
I also learned to ride a bike there, Down the front steep driveway !!!
He was a shoemaker in 1841 name was William Abraham married to Sarah. In the cencus of 1841 he was 45 years old his wife was 50 they had one son George born in 1826.
Originally Willam came from Cressage, and lived to the age of 70.
I came upon this site by chance and it brought back so many memories I thought I would share a few.
I was born in Fritzlands Lane No. 151 this was my Grandparents house, at the age of 4 or 5 my Mum and Dad were allocated a new house on the Heath Park Estate at No 76 Fritzlands Lane,when we moved in I was carried down the road on my Nans lodgers shoulders I remember his name was Bert it was ...see more
My father owned what is now RowlandsChemist he was Bernard Malaney we left in 1961 many happy memories
I lived in Hele Gardens Plympton St Maurice in the 1950.s and attended Plympton Grammar School as did my wife.
Does any one remember the name of the vicar of Plympton St,Maurice at that time? I think he had a close relation
serving in the RAF. I am now 82 and memory not so good although I do remember happy times at school in the Combined Cadet Force and visits to several air stations during ...see more
We moved to Littleheath Road circa 1957, I was a pupil until we moved in 1960.
I remember: Colin Smith, Mervyn Allinson (spelling?), Janice Russell, and her friend Judith Hardman, Peter Martin, and that is it as far as full names go.
The year I left, I watched the eclipse of the sun, on the top playground. I used to run around a lot, and run into the infants? playground, knocked a little girl down, damaged ...see more