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I went to school here in the 50s/60s; it was known as Wroxeter and Uppington C of E School. There were just two classes, the big class run by Miss Thomas the Headmistress and the little class run by Mrs Saltmarsh. Our dinner ...Read more

A memory of Donnington by Margaret Clutton

I lived in Skelmersdale very briefly in 1966, during which time I attended both Barnes Road School as well as Brookfield (although memory fails me as to why I was moved from one to the other, or even which came first for that matter). ...Read more

A memory of Skelmersdale in 1966 by Jerry Gamble

I was born in East Holywell in 1946 and lived at 24 North Row. By then there were only 2 rows of houses left. We lived with my grandmother, Eva Barnfather, who had been there since the turn of the century. Like ...Read more

A memory of East Holywell in 1950 by Maureen Thurlow

I was born in Salford in 1954, except for a brief spell of 4 years in Newton Heath in the late fifties, I have lived there ever since. When I was 11 years old my friend and I were playing digging on the old nursery croft on ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1964 by Tommy Loomes

I went to school at Doddinghurst Road Secondry School, which in my last year (1969 ish) became Hedley Walter Comprehensive School. A few people in my class came from Hutton Poplars, a children's home, and I think most of the ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield by Patricia Hannafin

I love Weymouth and would like to retire here one day! We came on holiday in July, bringing our little girl, Isobel, on her first holiday, also two of my other children and other members of the family. I love this picture, ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth in 2012 by Maria Payler

There was no running hot water, no gas, no bathroom and no flushing toilets. Electricity was used for lighting and if you were lucky, a wireless set. Most sets were run from accumulators, a sort of battery, which you had to take to ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

I was on The Anne White Wing for 18 months and loved every minuite. I remember nurses called Dennis Sidebottom, Karen Gullick, and Steve Eastburn. I used to go to the hospital school during the week and I think my teacher was ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1980 by Dianna Peers

Conclusion On my last visit it was hard to see where the village was. The small triangular field is now a park but it looks so small. The place I remember seemed so much larger than Small Park that is now there. Having been raised ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

I left Robinhill Technical School in July 1954 and started work at Braddock and Bagshaw's Chemist at the bottom of the iron railings on Yorkshire Street. I worked there until January 1960 when I left to do my ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1954 by Frank Eaton