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My Father had gone to New Zealand in search of new frontiers and my mother, older brother Martin and sister, Jane and myself were staying with my Nanna in Queen Street-we were there for over a year. Dad came home and we ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1962 by Michael Gorman

The part of Canley where we lived was made up of what were called "the steel houses" and "the prefabs". Charter Avenue was a dual carriageway and then, at the beginning of Ten Shilling Woods it became a single road. I was always told that ...Read more

A memory of Coventry in 1950 by Tony Gillen

Scouting Life during the Forties I was born in January 1936 in a large village, Lemington in Northumberland, England. Lemington bordered on the limit of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was a working class ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1944 by George Ritson

Anybody remember the good days down the the boathouse? The regatta was always a good day, there were about 150 people or more. Crews from all over the north east came to scull. I have a good photo of the boathouse with a lot of the old residents on... now mostly all gone. Let me know your memories.

A memory of Ebchester

I can recall many happy times as a trolley bus driver in Doncaster , I started work with DCT as a conductor in the mid 1950s and passed a trolley bus driving test on the Wheatley Hills route by the late 1950s; in those days ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1958 by John Watson

Hi everyone. I was born in 56 and lived in Normanton and Altofts until moving to Pontefract when I was 7 or 8. My grandad had a cafe down Castleford Road called Halfords. Funny how this works ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1959 by Shawn Halford

My mother's family were all from Wroughton. They lived at 51 High Street since the 19th Century. When I was a child in the 60s/70s we visited often. My great grandparents, Francis William and Fanny Baker, are buried ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1969 by Janette Smith

Iwas brought up at Harelaw Farm as an infant my father was a prisoner of war and worked on various farms ,around the country but came to the EARL OF WEYMES ? ESTATE where he met my mother from Dunbar they married had eight of ...Read more

A memory of Longniddry by Anna Miller

I remember walking our dogs Bradley and Monty here. It was always beautiful. We now live in Australia and Brad came with us. He passed away peacefully in 2011. Monty stayed at home and also had a long life. Bitter sweet memories

A memory of Bradford in 2000

When the ice-cream man came around my mum used to say I could hear him leaving the shop in Acton. Tony Bros sold the best ice-cream ever. They used to sell lovely spearmint lolly's and I became quiet addicted to them. ...Read more

A memory of South Tottenham by Averil Branson