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In 1950 my parents moved to Hospital Farm between Gislingam and Mellis. I lived there until 1959, my parents remained there until 1962. I went to the old village school from 1953, Mrs Chilvers was the Headmistress. I ...Read more

A memory of Gislingham in 1950

My Granny, Elizabeth Ann Ball, lived at 15 Cross Lane, in Newton le Willows. She was born around 1884 and died 1883 aged 99. She had three children, Monica, Beryl and Jim. She was married to Alfred Ball who died ...Read more

A memory of Earlestown in 1959 by Christine Gore

Never seen Tom, but I remember his father, Aloysious Devlin, my grandfather, who always was in with the budgies in the aviary, he lived in Campbell Park Road, Hedburn. Also the smell coming from the bone yard and from the coke ovens, and trying to dodge paying the fare on the ferry.

A memory of Hebburn in 1955 by James Devlin

We moved to Woodside, Kirkandrews in l956. It was a boarding kennel and my father, Harold Brown, turned the l4 acres into a small farm. The school was two rooms, one heated by a stove and the other with ...Read more

A memory of Kirkandrews-on-Eden in 1956 by Marcia Kell

I had the pleasure of living in Beechcroft since the day I was born in 1954, my parents and grandparents had bought the rectory, named a "White Elephant"as no one had lived in it for 4 years. During that time we had birthday ...Read more

A memory of Asfordby in 1954 by Liz Collins

First a little bit of history. There is a double cottage on Thurgoland Bank overlooking Cheesebottom, it was built by my Great Grandfather John Tufft around 1880. He was a Shingler at Wortley Lower Forge, having moved ...Read more

A memory of Thurgoland in 1957 by Roger Tufft

Memories of walking to school, which was then West End Junior School, sited above the west end of Abercarn. Walking from Mount Pleasant, through Richard Thomas & Baldwin's Office yard, past Williams's stores, under the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn in 1958 by Brian John Watkins

My memory of Farnborough was of the hospital, a wonderful old pub and the local cricket ground. Our first child was born in Farnborough Hospital. While my wife was in the hospital I was playing cricket for ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1958 by Anthony Beere

I was born in 1941. We lived at 4 Brook Row (where the public toilets are now). My family Arthur and Alice Mudge and myself Valerie Mudge. During the war, my dad, well known as Doll...was the village policeman. I was best ...Read more

A memory of Lower Stoke in 1950 by Valerie Dixon

My paternal grandparents, Ernie and Sally Featherstone, lived at 11 Burnsall Avenue, Heysham with their son Jack (my dad) during the 40s and 50s. My maternal grandparents, Sid and Olive Wilson, and their daughters Mavis (my ...Read more

A memory of Heysham in 1955 by Ann Featherstone