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Scouting Life during the Forties I was born in January 1936 in a large village, Lemington in Northumberland, England. Lemington bordered on the limit of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was a working class ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1944 by George Ritson

I lived in No.29 New Street. I remember playing with Jeff & Billy Kowach, Alfie Manzoli (who lived in the now Barclays Bank), John Denman (also of New Street), Richard Freakes, Graham and Michael ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges by Terrie Hounsome

Hello Lyndon, I too have many vivid memories of Maindy and the surrounding area. I was born in 62 Canada Rd in 1945 and lived there until 1967...the so-called summer of love! I was sort of brought up by my ...Read more

A memory of Maindy in 1950 by Andy Thompson

I can recall many happy times as a trolley bus driver in Doncaster , I started work with DCT as a conductor in the mid 1950s and passed a trolley bus driving test on the Wheatley Hills route by the late 1950s; in those days ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1958 by John Watson

The newsagent in Victotia Road, Woolston back in my days as a paper boy, 1973-75, was Glandville's in between Woolworths and the off licence by the London Arms. I had the Peartree evening round, also Woolston morning covering the Archeries and Portsmouth Road area... not forgetting Sundays as well.

A memory of Woolston in 1973 by Mark Goffin

Hi everyone. I was born in 56 and lived in Normanton and Altofts until moving to Pontefract when I was 7 or 8. My grandad had a cafe down Castleford Road called Halfords. Funny how this works ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1959 by Shawn Halford

My family stayed at a farmstay in Payhembury in 1981. We have forgotten the farmer's name, but we had a great stay for days or so. My most vivid memory was of the farmhouse which had building styles going back to the ...Read more

A memory of Payhembury in 1981 by Richard Pittman

I did a paper round up Shirehall Road, sharing it with Jean Bacon who lived at either 1 or 3 Harold Road. It was so cold in the winter. Papers were so heavy, they were hanging from the saddle on my bike and my hands ...Read more

A memory of Hawley in 1959 by Kathleen Pittock

My family moved from Leeds, Yorks to Gilnahirk when I was 11 months old - my parents had a house built in Gilnahirk Walk and we moved in when I was two. I and my two sisters had an idyllic childhood, we had so many places ...Read more

A memory of Belfast in 1961 by Isobel Buck

I was lucky in that I lived in an area that was not often touched by the violence that was going on in Northern Ireland at the time, but a telephone conversation with my mum in recent days brought back memories of life ...Read more

A memory of Belfast in 1970 by Isobel Buck