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I was born in 1954 in Bideford. I went to a small private school near the strand but it closed down, then went to church infants school near St Mary's Church, then to another school near Abbotsham Road , ...Read more

A memory of Bideford by yvonnecosmetic

I was born in Southwell in 1955. In Easthorpe. I still go for walks around town i will be 62 this year. I would love to move back but the cost of houses are to much My first taste of beer was in the Portland. No longer there. I use to go ...Read more

A memory of Southwell by jwkkkkkkkkkk

My name is Frank Raper I was born in 1936 lived on Ravenscliffe Estate until 1961.Childhood days were great we were surrounded by woods and fields at that time their were no other estates in that area.Even though war war was raging in ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by Frank Raper

"Thieves! Bloody villains and thieves, that's all they are. Makes my blood boil. I can't kill enough of the sods... no Sir!" I hadn't the heart to point out that I was actually a lover of all birds for ...Read more

A memory of Lower Radley

I was born at 18 Primrose Lane in 1944. We then moved to Priory Road and then onto Brookside long before the ring road was built. I remember when The Grand cinema caught fire in the middle of the night and ...Read more

A memory of Huntingdon by rhonnrmn

I was born in Edgware Hospital in 1956, and lived at 318 Deansbrook Road. My name is Valerie Hood and I have wonderful memories of growing up there until I was 17 and we then moved to Potters Bar. I knew all of my ...Read more

A memory of Salford by valeriehood65

I also remember playing at Tay Mill lodge, I lived just up the road in Hesse Street and attended Higginshaw school until the age of 7. I have very happy memories of Hesse Street, I lived there from 1946 to 1960. The street no longer ...Read more

A memory of Higginshaw by Michael Thompson

I moved into Land Street in 1949, age 2 and lived there until I was about 13. We lived at number 2 which is on the corner of Land Street and the street down to the Pump Well. It was good fun sledging down the street ...Read more

A memory of Farsley in 1949 by David Lawson

I remember a large house that stood at the top of Upper Mill Street between the Clock Mill and my grandmother’s cottage; the family living in this house, I remember, all had red hair. The house was demolished in the ...Read more

A memory of Tillicoultry in 1953 by John Cunningham

My elderly grandmother lived in the last cottage at the top of Upper Mill Street opposite the Clock Mill. A brief description during the 1950’s might be of some historical interest. A small bedroom faced the front ...Read more

A memory of Tillicoultry in 1953 by John Cunningham