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Hi everyone, does anyone know if there are any early graves in Buntisham? I am talking of 1600 -1700 up till 1800, the name Lack. I know of quite a few in Willingham church, but also have details of births and deaths in Bluntisham ...Read more

A memory of Willingham by Pat Mason

I was born at 194 Bilton Road in June 1964 and my name was Jackie Wall. I attended Perivale Nursery School, then the infant school and followed by the middle school. I was terrified of the headmistress Mrs Charlton, but ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Jackie Gindrat

I can only say my late father was the grocer in the village - Rodney Clark. I was born in Manor Cottage. Dad died when I was only four years of age. My memories are of the shop in Park Lane, I would go with my mother's uncle, ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1959 by Michael Clark

I was born late 1959 at Little Thorpe Maternity Hospital. I lived in Arthur Street with my parents Alan and Ada Robson and my newly widowed grandfather Bob Mckee. My grandmother, Lizzie, sadly passed away a year ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1964 by Gail Hann

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 1947, and can remember at 5 years old going on the horse rides with me sister, we got photos too.

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Jeanie Gillam

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 was born in Dover, but my mum was Welsh and we moved back to her home town when I was small. However, every year we would visit my dad's relatives in Kent (mainly Ashford). My Auntie Nell ran a flower shop here and I remember ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1955

Hi, I'm Gloria Casson, born in Crumsull Hospital. I went to St James School and St James Church. My mother's name was Mary Casson, I lived in Collyhurst Flats, Southern Drive - the eldest of 10 children. I ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1949 by Gloria Casson

I was born in Elton Street, Lower Broughton Rd. I remember my dad was always working and my mum was a loving mum. I had two sisters and four brothers. I remember the tin bath, the outside toilet, we didn't have much but we ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1957 by Georgina Seddon