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As a young boy my family used to go on holiday to my uncles farm at Howey.  His fields went down to and over the track next to the Howey signal box.  Sometimes we would be invited up to the signal box which was very exciting. ...Read more

A memory of Howey in 1950 by Fred Friend

Does anyone know anything about this boys home. I ended up there about 66-67 for about a year. My only parent, my mother had died, and I ended up in this hell hole for ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1966 by Roger Haspeck

Does anyone remember the children's home in Packhorse Road called Crosfield House? I lived there from 1952 to 1965. I don't seem to be able to track down any photos of the home so if anyone has any or even remembers the place, would love to hear from you.

A memory of Gerrards Cross in 1954 by metabelhaj1

WOW! I am Yvonne Blake (ne Hoare) the memories here are wonderful and yes we remember the Odeon where my sister Shirley and brother David went while I went to Burtons for ballroom dancing lessons. We lived at ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1955 by Len Blake

I stayed at Eighton Lodge mother and baby home for 8 weeks; end of January to March 1974. I was 16 at the time and an unmarried mother. I lived in Benton, Newcastle, with my parents and 5 siblings. I shared a room at Eighton ...Read more

A memory of Eighton Banks in 1974 by Sue Hall

My name is John Watson, I was born at Dimsdale Crescent, Wishaw in the kitchen on New Years Day in 1950. My mother and father were Jean Gray Watson and John Watson. My skype name is john.watson1150......my email is: cambus11505589@yahoo.com

A memory of Wishaw in 1950 by John Watson

I spent a month in 1978 (including Christmas) at Tan y Bryn home. I was a police cadet with the Staffordshire police and this was part of my course - It brings back good memories. We used to walk with the clients who were able ...Read more

A memory of Rhos in 1978 by Debbie Evans

I have recently been making an album for my father of his life story and he was saddened that we had nothing we could put in it of my brother who was taken to Bradford childrens hospital in November 1947 and died in ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1947 by Mavis Hunt

Looking at this photo, I'm taken back to summers on that beach full of pebbles and the cafe shown with its novel smell, something like milky coffee!  At about this time Abergele had a cinema, upstairs in the market ...Read more

A memory of Abergele in 1965 by Jane Williams

My Dad The church at Whitchurch is a lovely place to wander and muse. My father died out shooting at Mapperton when I was 11, and what a terrible shock it was. What is nice for me now, 25 years later, is to still be able to ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch Canonicorum