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I have many memories associated with this church in as much as it was where I went to Sunday School and my brother James was an Altar Boy and chorister. During the war years my mum ran the "Castrees" fish and chip shop in the ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1941 by Clifford Wilson

My surname was Lesley Hulland, it would be nice to remember if anyone remembers me, I lived at Rabbit Burrow Farm until I was 15. I was baptised at St George's church and married there but am divorced now. I went to school at Poynton ...Read more

A memory of Poynton in 1947 by Lesley Hulland

I grew up in and lived in Bensham for the first 26 years of my life, albeit the last 5 of those years were spent in the Merchant Navy as a sea-going engineer. My first school was Chester Place School which was across the road from ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Noel Kelly

It seems to be something that should be mentioned with regard to the familiar streets around old Northwood, as I remember it as a 17 year old. I knew the names of the streets around the High Street very ...Read more

A memory of Northwood in 1948 by Peter Giles

I spent many happy holidays in the Warren during the late 1940s early 50s, with my parents and grandparents, Amy and Arthur (Abby) Bell who owned a wooden bungalow, 58B Tyn y Morfa. It was a primitive life style. No ...Read more

A memory of Talacre in 1940 by Chris Bell

It was probably 1947 when I was first introduced to Chester. My grandmother Minshall had many friends, most of them had one thing in common, their appearance....without being too unkind, they were all kind of 'odd ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1947 by Jean Mary Copnall

The post from 2009 by (name unknown) reflects on my childhood spent in Talacre, because my father worked for Dora Williams as the baker. His bread and pies were awesome! I also, at the age of 7 or 8, had a job from ...Read more

A memory of Talacre in 1940 by David Mills

I was born in Kibblesworth in 1940. My dad left when I was 6 weeks old to fight in the Second World War. After years in a prisoner of war camp in Japan he arrived home when I was 5 years old. I went to Kibblesworth primary ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth in 1940 by Margaret Elliott