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I lived in Somersham until I was 14 years old. We lived in Park Hall Road, and played in the fields opposite where we could climb the trees and see into the garden of the Manor House. The owner of the house at that time had 2 or 3 ...Read more

A memory of Somersham by Patricia King

It is all too easy to look back to the past and remember an idyllic picture of country life and forget how it was in reality, I often think back to when I was growing up in Claverley in the 1950s ...Read more

A memory of Claverley in 1961 by Philip Westwood

Reading Gwynfor's memories, reminded me of my childhood in Esgairgeiliog . I lived in 'Awelon' or as commonly known 'Yr Efail'. The blacksmith's forge was our wash house and above was my father's workshop. A few years ...Read more

A memory of Esgairgeiliog by Colin Malcolm Jones

My grandmother bought the Grove Hall and ran it as a small country hotel. I remember having my birthday parties in the dinning room. As kids we also used to play with the swords and battle axes that were hanging on the walls. ...Read more

A memory of Bodfari in 1958 by Michael Blackshaw

Whilst being at either Parkside ot North Bromsgrove school my poor mom came face to face with a bull. It had escaped from the slaughter house! I also remember there being a bullet lodged in the side of the church. I wonder if it is still there.

A memory of Bromsgrove by Lynn Michaels/ Nee Read

There used to be a museum in the park with a huge stuffed tiger, the first time I ever saw it I nearly jumped out of my skin with fright. What a great park before they removed the boundary wall. I used to go stickleback ...Read more

A memory of St Helens by John Hayes

I used to live in Grove Place which of course is no longer there. I remember Mrs Jones fish and chip shop a couple of doors from me where you could get a bag of crackling (yum). Then round the corner in Western Road ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Helen Jules

I was married at this church in July 1955; it is so so beautiful inside. I remember when I was still in school they found old paintings underneath the wall coverings and they are magnificent..

A memory of Edgware by Gabrielle Gilbert/Mcteer

My maiden name was Sylvia Yates and I was born in 1937 when my father was demobbed from the army, we went to live at Side Lodge West Lane. He went to work for Mr Cornwall Legh as his ...Read more

A memory of High Legh in 1946 by Sylvia Paternoster

I lived at 1 St. George's Close, off Chalk Pit Avenue from 1946 to 1954. At first, the Chalk Pit was still there, as was the Oast House, where the shops are now on the corner of Chalk Pit Avenue and Main Road. I first ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1946 by Terry Button