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William Evans born 1843 in Llanelli, Camarthen Wales moved to Bedlington Northumberland in 1861 and married Mabel Bell, in 1863. They first lived at the Barrington Colliery with their young ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Delaval in 1860 by Jemilla Russell Clough

We moved to No 4 Barrington Court Cottages (the first cottage right of centre) in 1947. My father arrived as head gardener in April and mum arrived in July when I was three weeks old. Mum was disappointed to find she ...Read more

A memory of Barrington in 1947 by Richard Burton

I, like my brothers, sisters and father went to the primary school in Tongue End, at the time I started Mrs Vantol was Headmistess but was later replaced by Mr and Mrs Gore, the school had around 30 children. Meals were ...Read more

A memory of Tongue End by Garry Baker

How a Family that came to south Cambridgeshire Clifford John Masters, My Story I was born in 4 Chaucer Cottages Foxton on the 9th February 1940 The houses backed onto the “park” ...Read more

A memory of Barrington by masters.clifford2

I WENT TO WARWICK ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL UNTIL 1958. SOME OF MY TEACHERS NAMES MR. CARRINGTON MR. NAYLOR MRS. HEPWORTH AND MISS BURTON. I USED TO GO TO THE COLLINS CINEMA, I REMEMBER THERE USED TO BE A SMALL SWEET SHOP ALMOST OPPOSITE ...Read more

A memory of Batley Carr by johntho3

I started at Eighton Banks Primary School in 1952 aged five, having been moved from the slum clearance of the Teams, Ghd. To be in open countryside after the lung-choking life of the industrial Teams was absolute heaven. The ...Read more

A memory of Eighton Banks in 1952 by Alan Bull

Partington and Carrington are two villages in the northwest of England near the town of Manchester. For more information and photos go to our webpage at WWW.PARTINGTONPEOPLE.CO.UK (All lower case)

A memory of Partington by Duncan Hamman

DISASTER AT BOB'S FERRY This account was researched and written by Duncan Hamman (bikedunc@aol.com). It has appeared in the Partington & Carrington Transmitter Community Newspaper. On Tuesday April 14th 1970 ...Read more

A memory of Irlam in 1970 by Duncan Hamman

I disagree with the date given. I think this is 1897 and shows the temporary grandstand on the corner of Whitehall and what was to become Horse Guards Avenue. The grandstand could accommodate 4,000 persons and was built for Queen ...Read more

A memory of London in 1890 by Leonard Bentley

As a young woman i worked at F C Coleridge ladies fashion shop where Mr Chapman was the manager at the time also one of the ladies names Trudie Halliday who used to sing opera when the shop was empty happy times . Coleridges ...Read more

A memory of Leeds