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Me & my brother both worked at Annie & Terry Smith's bakery as children, in the back making pies and bread from about five/six every Sat morning for years. It was a very busy place to work and Terry was a great bloke to work ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1959 by Roy Mozley

I was born on the Haworth Road estate and in my childhood roamed all over the district. Chellow Dene was a particular favourite especially in winter when it froze over! Sandy Lane park was another place we visited to go on the swings ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1951 by Derek Fordham

During the course of converting Warnham Court in 2002/3, the original floorboards were lifted in what is now the library but was the dining room in the days when it was a school. When the floorboards were lifted an ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Robin Tavener

It is not widely known but the first time penicillin was used successfully was when it was used on a fourteen year old boy to save his left leg. He had a badly infected leg and was in fact dying with because of the fast ...Read more

A memory of Bredfield

I'm pretty sure this photo is of me on a my pony Brandy outside our house (Barclay House) in St Keverne Square. I recognise the jumper and shoes .... pretty bad!!! Awful to think that he's long gone now, he was such a lovely animal. Those were the days!

A memory of St Keverne in 1968 by Rachel Allen

My brother Alec (12) and I (11) were at Beecholme from January to December 1956 we were orphans our parents died 7 months apart in 1955. We were in myrtle cottage changed to Willow cottage by the childrens vote I choose Willow and was ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1956 by Kathleen Jones

THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT The daylight had faded away and dusk was now dim enough to coax the streetlights to pop on, their vague orange light slowly getting brighter as their bulbs warmed. Meanwhile inside the Hamblett ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1972 by Brian Hamblett

My family and I lived at Manor Farm from the early 1970s into the 1980s. My father worked on the White family farm and the farmhouse came with the job. Although I felt isolated at times, it was a magical place to grow up, ...Read more

A memory of Teversham in 1974 by Catherine Mason

I have just stumbled across this web site. My name is John Bryon and I remember Mr Mills the PE teacher. He liked to take the climbing ropes in the gym, and, if you didn't climb very well or fast ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by j_bryon

My grandmother and her brothers and sisters attended this school as did my mother and moi. I have many memories of the school. Endless games of football in the yard, rain or shine. Two frightening headmistress Lord and Riley. ...Read more

A memory of Cloughfold by risingsun456