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Hi, a name search brought me to your link so I thought I'd write in with a request. I'm trying to track down information about my great grandmother who lived in Dumfries between 1900 and 1915. My Granny, Mary Ann ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm in 1920 by Jo Solly

I spent my first five years 1924-1929 in Blindley Heath, possibly the nicest years of my life. I may have gone to the school there. I clearly remember Gibb's store when I spent six glorious ...Read more

A memory of Blindley Heath in 1920 by Stanley Austin

Before emigrating to Australia in 1927, my uncle Michael Samuelson (1898-1975) lived for about a year in Rosgill and made a living taking farmers' eggs to market. On leaving England, he was given a photo of the Bellas sisters ...Read more

A memory of Rosgill in 1920 by Maurice Samuelson

I am writing this on behalf of my Dad, Harold Holmes nicknamed Tiny who is still alive at the age of 91, the oldest male born in Saltfleet. He was born in Saltfleet in 1919 son of the local baker Alfred & Elizabeth Holmes. Educated ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1920 by Sheena Mee

My grandparents who lived in London bought Stoneleigh in 1926 and this is where my grandmother lived during WWII away from the bombing in the city. My grandfather, mother and her foster brother would come ...Read more

A memory of Worth Matravers in 1920 by Sarah Smith

I have this photograph on the wall as it reminds me of my dad, Arthur Edward Elson. He was born in Mill Lane in 1914 and worked as a 'butcher's boy' for Baldwin's which is just visible on the right of the photo. He delivered ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1920 by Patricia Howard

My Great Granparents bought a house in Grange Road, Highgate, and unfortunately as it was demolished in the1950/60s I once took a photo of the house next ...Read more

A memory of Highgate in 1920 by Carol Smith Tavinor

I have a very good photo of a small branch of Barclays with some well dressed children in the street outside. It appears to date from the 1920's - 1930's. Bought on another website in 2013. The website also featured other photos ...Read more

A memory of Prees in 1920 by Trevor Jones

My mother wrote her childhood memories about 10 years before she died in 1992. She was sent to Friars Children's Home for the sole purpose of working when she was 14 in about 1926. I think that her ...Read more

A memory of Bocking in 1920 by Mary Hill

Old forgotten characters of Penge and Eden Park: The Duke of Penge Nell Horley the midwife Winny of the Eden Park Trading Agency The Lad who gave a prize-winning fighter a taste of ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1920 by Geoffrey Younger