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My mother was born in Margate and we spent our holidays there from early 1950s-1970s staying with grandparents. Does anyone remember the puppet theatre in The Lido? I remember my parents taking me there when we were on holiday. I think ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville by Linda Reynolds

Although not born in Sanquhar, I used to visit a family there about 45 years ago. They stayed above what is now Norman's Furniture shop. The lady was called Nellie, can't remember her husband, but they had a son called Ivy. None of my ...Read more

A memory of Sanquhar by Heather Gray

I was born in Braunston in 1941 but was taken to Hellidon as a baby to live with my mother's parents, the Burbidges. In Hellidon, the Methodist church was closed during the war period, so I was taken to the Methodist ...Read more

A memory of Priors Marston in 1941 by Terence Wilcox

I also, remember my first day at the old school in Miss License's class, using chalk on slate. I was born in 1952 and must have gone there in 1957 for a couple of years, because I can also remember being in Miss Goodchild's ...Read more

A memory of Salfords by Richard Chisnall

I can't belive how much places have changed! I was born in this very hospital almost 100 years later and the place is unrecognisable now a days. I've lost many dear family members especially me gramps, he spent his last weeks here and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1991 by Chantelle Parkinson

I was born on 5th July 1948, we lived in one of the houses behind the Wheatsheaf hotel. Our neighbours there were the Wilcocks and the Browns. My Dad, worked as a driver for a furniture company and a coalman and I remember he ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Ian Turner

I remember pulling George Thompson from the beck at high tide. The streets were Prospect Place, Customs Row, Cargo Fleet Lane, South View, Bristol Street, Dover Street, Chester Street, Cambridge Rd and one I don't remember. I ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Donald Bennett

I was born the day my parents moved to Sshilbottle. We lived at 16 Farne View but this was later changed to 16 St James Road. Nearly everyone's dad worked at the pit. Shilbottle seemed to be split in two - we had our own Church of ...Read more

A memory of Shilbottle in 1954 by Edith Frearson

I was born at 'Barford View' in Churt in 1952 and lived there until I was 13. I am one of eight children of the Lindsey-Clark family, my brothers and one of my sisters still live in the area. I have such wonderful memories of Churt - ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1952 by Trudi Gatehouse

Hi, I was born in LLay north Wales in June 1939, three weeks later we moved to Walkden. The family joke was, I was the cause of the WW2. We lived at 67 Westminster Road, just down from where the monument was originaly located. Whilst ...Read more

A memory of Walkden in 1944 by David Norris