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I was born in Epsom in 1936. Apparently, when still in my push-chair, I trundled down the bank shown in the picture and ended up in the water!! Later when 10 or 12 we used to sail our model yachts on the pond and in our teens spent a ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1930 by Brian Robinson

My father worked in the field that became Carters Park when Mr Carter gave it to the town.  He was Cyril King and he was aged 13 at the time, having left school to work on the land.  It is very moving as he died ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach in 1930 by Anne Ford

I know this part of Sowerby so well as I was born in one of the cottages in the centre left of the photo. Grandma lived in the end house and my parents in the middle one. On recent visits the place has altered somewhat and is spoilt by too many cars parked around the greens, but such is progress.

A memory of Sowerby in 1930 by Margaret O'mahony

I was born at Treherbert Hospital in 1935 , This was a miners welfare hospital where my mother was taken by the late, Treorchy GP, Dr Furgus Armstrong. My Mother had been the pianist for silent films in the Park and ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1930 by Graham Jones

As a baby we moved to Park Road from Old Trafford We lived there from 1937 to 1940. My first memory is lying in my pram playing with my toes and watching the birds flying to the terrace. It had three bedrooms and three rooms ...Read more

A memory of Timperley in 1930

I was born in Kilburn Park Road. My father was a fireman on the old London North Eastern Railway. My grandparents lived nmext door. My mother was of Irish descent.My first school was Essendine Road whic was just up the ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1930 by Dennis Jeffries

I was born in Denholme but moved to Wilsden when I was two. I can remember arriving in the back of a furniture truck. It was a lovely life for a child, even after the war started. Most of the dads were away fighting but the ...Read more

A memory of Wilsden in 1930 by Shirley Jones