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I was born in 1919 at Bifrons Lower Lodge Gate, which at that time comprised two dwellings. The part we lived in had been a school provided by the Marquis of Conyngham for estate children. It was shaped like a letter T. The ...Read more

A memory of Patrixbourne in 1910 by David Alexander

My mam Margaret Curran lived in Victoria Road, Gateshead and went to Victoria Road School. Her dad was down the Dunstan Colliery. She used to tell us tales of Annie Owlie who lived in Lobley Hill Woods. How she used to collect coal ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1910 by Glennis Spencer

My father, Alexis Alfred Hare, was born at 88 Sizewell Road Leiston in 1916. He lived there with his parents Marmaduke and Kathleen and his brother Alec. He was an apprentice printer for the local newspaper. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers them. Thank you.

A memory of Leiston in 1910 by Nina Wilson

My Quantrill grandparents came with a young family to live near the, then busy, cattle market in the centre of what was a row of three dwellings (now a shop). On one side was the telephone exchange ...Read more

A memory of Hagley in 1910 by Wendy Larmour

133 Clemintine Road, Layton - Charles Henry Darby his wife Laura Charlotte Woolston. He was a baker, he had daughters; Vera Frances and Gwendoline Phyllis and sons; Ernest Edward and Joseph William. They had ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1910 by Joann Whittaker

Doris Allen is my aunt who took enormous pleasure in telling me stories of our family life in the very early 1900's. She had a long and interesting life and died peacfully at ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1910 by John Howard Norfolk

My great grandfather Vincenzo Dimambro and his brother Salvatore, had an ice cream shop and confectioners at Front Street, Langley Park c.1912/14. I visited recently, the shop is still there but not a confectioners/ice ...Read more

A memory of Langley Park in 1910 by Sharon Shaw

My great grandparents met whilst working at Walshaw Hall. Margaret Eve was Welsh and had worked in a big house on Washway Road in Sale before coming to Walshaw Hall around 1911. There she became housekeeper and met Henry Hillier who was coachman. They got married in Wrexham in 1912.

A memory of Bury in 1910 by Steph Bradley

I am looking for the living descendants of the little known Victorian print-seller and art dealer George Love (1804-1883) of 81 Bunhill Row in Finsbury, London. His son ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1910 by Julia Dudkiewicz

My mother Mildred was born in Aberfan in 1910. She had an older brother and sister, Myra (born 1906) and Harry (born 1908), their surname was Watts. Their mother was called Emily Roberts and Emily's mother was the local ...Read more

A memory of Aberfan in 1910 by Carol Price