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I was born at home, 4 Ripley Avenue, Great Moor, Stockport on Jan. 4, 1937. I have very fond memories of Hazel Grove. At the age of 11, my Mom & Dad and Sister, Janet immigrated to Toronto, Canada. I did not want to leave, I ...Read more

A memory of Hazel Grove in 1945 by Audrey Caldwell

Montague terrace was home to many children. I remember the Allen's, John, June, Barry, Hazel, Ivan & Valerie. The White's, Maurice and Barbara, The William,s and Smith,s, Joan, Roy, Margaret, Jeffrey, and at least three ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1949 by Barbara R Bryan

My grandparents come from Elsecar and Wentworth, in Mill Lane, you may have seen the Roundhouse,Can`t miss it really just up from Pondside. When my real grandad died my grandmother remarried a man named Stanley Horn from Harley. ...Read more

A memory of Elsecar in 1952 by Susan Sutton

My great grandfather Henry Tingey, was born November 18, 1819, in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.  He was the son of James Tingey and Elizabeth Boniss.  James and Elizabeth, and family later moved from Bigglewade, Bedfordshire, ...Read more

A memory of Biggleswade by Norton Cook

My maternal grandmother was born in Selby. Annie McMenamin ( McManum or various spellings depending on who wrote the name down !) She lived in Hutchinsons Yard, Selby with her mother Catherine, father Michael, sisters Mary, ...Read more

A memory of Selby in 1953 by Moira Casey

Born in Church Rd, Pontnewydd, in 1935 we moved to Ty-Pwca Rd in 1947. I attended Upper Cwmbran School and well remember the fun we had there. Gardening lessons with the Head, Mr Jones - "Clear the weeds boys and ...Read more

A memory of Upper Cwmbran in 1947 by Lance Ford

This isn't exactly a 'memory' as it is a fact relating to my ancestors, the Follansbee's of Hamsterley, County Durham, England. It is recorded that the Follansbee's (various ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley by Cheryl Follansbee/Foljambe

My dad was born at Hillside Cottages in Wareside in 1929 (I think). I remember visiting my Grandmother there up until she moved to Ware round about 1978/9. She lived in the house with the "Hillside Cottages" sign on ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1975 by Sandra Penstone Smith

I was born in Chalford at "The Little House" in Chalford Hill in 1932 and lived there until March 1940. I was the youngest of six children who all lived in the cottage and have very lovely memories of both the cottage ...Read more

A memory of Chalford Hill in 1930 by Dinah Milgate

I was born on Yeovil in 1945, and my memories are of growing up in a pleasant market town. The George was a wonderful timber framed building that I remember being demolished because, apparently, it hindered traffic flow. Shortly ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil by Jack Lewis