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I was posted to the Hall after RAF basic training at West Kirby, where an Air Vice Marshall saw a mural illustrated map, another conscript (John Young) and I created, in the Education Hut. ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1949 by Ronald Gilbert

I was a pupil of Upper Hale Junior School  from 1969 to 1971 when I transferred to Heathend Comprehensive. When I was there the Head Mistress was a Miss Carter and my teacher was Mr Macknight, a very talented Artist who ...Read more

A memory of Upper Hale in 1969 by Kris Codd

I need your help. The man who modeled for the statue seen in this photo is my grandfather. Unfortunately, the museum has the wrong man as the model, a relative with a close name who wasn't even born when the ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by Diane Fulton

I grew up in Bath Terrace in the early 1960s and the photo of Wilkinsons brought back memories of its pre-supermarket days of high dark wood counters, butter in barrels and the smell of roasting coffee. Pumphreys with the ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth in 1962 by Sue Edgar

 My aunt was the Manager of the Imperial Hotel which once stood on the bank of a river (whose name escapes me), in the 1940s. I spent several holidays with her which were great experiences for a young boy from a ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1953 by Fionn Young

The white building on the far right of the photo is the Royal Albert Bridge Inn, at Saltash Passage on the Devon side on the river. A relative was born there in 1920 when his father John Augustin R. Stoneman was the landlord. ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1860 by Alyson Herbert

I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago. As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her ...Read more

A memory of Boxford in 1930 by Alan Lloyd

I am trying to see if anyone has information about a relative. I believe his name was Joseph Harris, and he gave his home address as Hutton Rudby, Skutterskelfe, during the early 1920s. He was in domstic service (a Butler?) ...Read more

A memory of Hutton Rudby in 1920 by Christine Skidmore

Boston were on a roll in the 1955 F.A Cup. They beat Derby County 6-1 at Derby. In the next round we where drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur; great excitement filled the town. Special trains were laid on, to take the ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1955 by Bob Marriott

I recall one of my younger days where I and a young girlfriend of mine decided to go on a biking holiday. I bought two Dawes Racing bikes which were equipped with panniers. Off we went from Royston, near Barnsley where we'd have to ...Read more

A memory of Grimsby in 1969 by Roland Mitchell