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There were four Italian shops in the town when that nation joined Hitler. Tazioli, Vincenti and Rinaldi had ice cream/sweetie shops. Moscadini had a fish and chip shop, a thriving business. The first three kept very quiet but silly ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1930 by Ernest Hall

I remember Living with my dad, at Little Bursteadand at sixteen or seveteen years old learning to be a plasterer. A family I used to go round to, for a chat and a cup of tea, was the Spencers -Ted was one. Now in my 90th year, just met up ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1930

My gran lived in No1 Blackburn Street,The Adelphi just opposite the Hyde Park pub. Among the many stories she told us when we were kids, was of a 'pieman' who used to sell his wares from a handcart. Each Friday evening he would park his ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1930

Although I was born at 96 Manchester Road, I too remember Beaconsfield Street very well as my aunt and uncle lived there. Doe's anyone remember The Brownbills? I went to the Church School in the next street, before moving on to ...Read more

A memory of Prescot in 1930 by Richard Ball

My father Robin Anson, was the second son of Violet and Lawrence Augustus Anson. Lawrence was brought up by his grandparents who lived in one of the cottages opposite the Triton pub. His mother Beatrice, was a maid in Bridlington ...Read more

A memory of Brantingham in 1930 by Kathryn Anson

This is not really a memory but more of an ask; I have a relitave that was born and lived in Fyfield/Lechlade by the name of James Richard Hall, he was a local herdsman on a farm and was born in 1921 and I think, died ...Read more

A memory of Lechlade on Thames in 1930

Hello, does anyone have any memories of Court Road cinema from the early 1930's? A relative used to own the cinema and I a trying to find out if any photos or memories exist

A memory of Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath in 1930 by Matilda Moo

My mother lived in Dunmow from 1932 until 1946 when she left to live in Edinburgh. My mother's name was Rosalind Frecknall and she and her family lived at The Close initially, then The Downs. Her father, Claud Frecknall, taught ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1930

My grandfather, Jospeh Thomas Biggs and later my father, Horace Leonard Biggs, from 1936 operated a building company and undertakers from Kinver High street in the 1930s. The company built many houses in Kinver, ...Read more

A memory of Kinver in 1930 by Derek Biggs

I was born at Rilla Mill on the 1st of September 1934 in what was, in those days, the Police Station. This house was opposite the Manor Inn. My father was the local policeman, and he was called Ewart Pearce. His ...Read more

A memory of Rilla Mill in 1930 by John Pearce