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The first time i read anyone's memoir of their days at Mobberley Boys,they claimed them as fond almost happy days! I panicked for a minute thinking there were two schools of the same name! Of course,for me there ...Read more

A memory of Mobberley in 1976 by Neil Fox

My Mother's family all came from Rothesay, but our Family had moved from Port Bannatyne to Glasgow. But every summer we returned to my Granny's place at 3 Logie Place off of High Street, for our annual ...Read more

A memory of Rothesay by John Cairns

I would love to hear from anyone who worked in the Mayfair cinema in the 1960's, I can remember a Flo Jones and a Bill Callaghan was the doorman, a Mr Alan Short was the manager

A memory of Tooting in 1960 by Faye Connolly

My earliest memories of the Heights are going to Sunday School and the library on King Street, along with visits to Krinks the barbers opposite Bank Lane for a "short, back and sides". I think there were 2 ...Read more

A memory of Irlams o' th' Height by Bryan Gibson

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it doesn't even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has changed ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

In 1957, when I was about 9 years old my father was stationed at Sculthorpe Air Force Base. We lived at The Grange estate before we moved to the base. It was a wonderful old estate enclosed by a brick ...Read more

A memory of Snettisham by rewills

At the top of this short road was a village shop, we would get lollies in there. Across the road to "the Hollow" [ now completely overgrown] and then on to Limes Close to see friends. Boris Karloffs house at the bottom of this ...Read more

A memory of Bramshott

My name was Jeannette Turner. In about 1936 my mother father and self-age 3 moved from the Eastend of London, via first moving into 46, Hillingdon Road Barnhurst, to stay with my recently widowed Auntie ...Read more

A memory of Dartford

I was born at an address on Bromwich Road (home birth 1955) and shortly after my family moved to Old Malvern Road in Powick..I attended Powick School.. then Christopher Whitehead Girl's School. At the age of 13 we ...Read more

A memory of Worcester by glendahanson

My father was a sailor in the Royal Navy and was overseas from 1938 till 1944, so my mum and I lived with her parents, Mr and Mrs Walter Davey at 76 Woodhurst Avenue, Petts Wood, three doors from Chesham Avenue. Our ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by gpogson