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I read the memories of Aberaman and Miss Venables with great interest and a bit of a tear in my eye. My grandparents emigrated from Aberdare, New Tredegar area in 1912, two weeks after the Titanic went down. The fares were ...Read more

A memory of Aberaman in 1910 by Cynthia Venables

Tilehurst was the first name given to a Federation cottage built in Cecil Street,Fairlight near Manly,NSW c1915 presumably by its Berkshire-born builder or first owner.It was quickly renamed Heatherbrae by its new Scottish-born owner. A ...Read more

A memory of Tilehurst in 1910 by Terry Metherell

My grandfather Edward Chase kept the Windmill Inn on Pitch hill and my father worked for him. My maternal grandfather John Allen kept the Bull Head in the village of Ewhurst and had two daughters, Mona and Lilian. My father ...Read more

A memory of Ewhurst in 1910 by Michael Chase

My grandmother Maria Knight nee Ward born 1888 was brougt up in the Hillgate area of Ashton where her father owned three shops. The eldest of tweve children she rarely went to school her father would rather pay the ...Read more

A memory of Ashton in 1910 by Anne Critchley

I am tracing my family tree, and have been following the life of a young man called Roland Cook who lived in Hinton St George just before he emigrated to America in 1912. His occupation as stated on the ship's passenger list ...Read more

A memory of Hinton St George in 1910 by Clive Pratt

My next door neighbour Jean was put into Quarriers along with her older sister and brother by her father who was off to serve King and Country as her mother had died in childbirth and as they had ...Read more

A memory of Quarriers Village in 1910 by Lynda Armstrong

My late mother told me that she was related to Miss White, daughter of the Rev. Richard Walton White. His daughter left the manor and or land to Captain Macpherson in 1911. Although we have no claims on this family, we have no ...Read more

A memory of Shalfleet in 1910 by Sylvia Ross

My great grandfather - John Stacey had the first petrol station on the A1 at Markham Moor. It was situated where the flags are on the photo. I have a photo of him stood outside the petrol station. He then sold the garage on to ...Read more

A memory of East Markham in 1910

John and Charlotte Freeman lived in the white houses by the motor bike. ( I'm sure I have photos of groups outside the house with this bike!).  My great grandfather was a blacksmith with his smithy in ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham in 1910 by Carol Allen

Hi, I have a First World War medal, (Great War for civilization) from 1914-1918. When I was a little girl I used to collect all sorts of things. The medal I have was earned by a gentleman called Private ETHERIDGE, ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1910 by Valerie Waring