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Born in York Street, moved to Rimmington Road. I had friends at Barnley Road Primary, St Johns Junior and Barnley Road Methodist and the Brownies there. Remember Joyce Brooks, Sharon Guest, John Mason, Linda Lapinsky, Pat ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1953 by Lynne Ward

It's just great to look at the old pictures of Blakeney's High Street, it seems almost like yesterday when I used to walk from my gran's house in the row of cottages where the railway bridge used to be. We used to go on ...Read more

A memory of Blakeney in 1955 by First Name Last Name

My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by Denis Coulson

My parents are Angela (nee Goulden) and Bryan Wilson (now sadly deceased), both from Bramhall. My paternal Grandfather owned the bakery in the village "Wilsons" which was taken over after my grandfather's retirement by ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall in 1955 by Helen Young

My Mother, Alice Rae Gibson Clark Mackay was born in Loch Eriboll in 1902. Ive visited the wee hamlet many times, and met the Clarke family, currently the land owners, who have a home at the crook of the road, amidst an ...Read more

A memory of Loch Eriboll in 1900 by Ellis Brayham

In our school holidays I used to go fishing and swimming down the brook below Pioneer Ave, that's where I lived, number 19 Pioneer. We moved to Windsor Ave in 1978. I used to knock about with Simon Loake, Barry Goodman, Dean ...Read more

A memory of Desborough in 1980 by Sean Oram

I was at the school from 1948 until 1955, at which point the 11+ sent me to Hove County Grammar. Starting in 1948 in Miss Wood's class I ended with two years in the top class with Miss Nichols. In between I ...Read more

A memory of Hassocks by William Lovell

I lived in Upper Belvedere from the time I was born until I married 1n 1954. I used to catch the 99 bus from the Eardly Arms pub, on a Saturday morning. to the Ritz cinema in the high street Erith. There was no Odeon then. The ...Read more

A memory of Erith in 1930 by Stanley Gray

I know this is not a memory, however I am looking for any Brook family members, namely Edward and Ann Brook who moved there in the early 1800s. Their son Benjamin emigrated to Australia in 1837 with his wife Mary Craddock, then ...Read more

A memory of East Farleigh by Phyllis Hart

I lived in Erbistock till the age of 20, that was in 1981 when I emigrated to Australia. My mum still lives there, my dad passed away a couple of years ago, he was born in Erbistock and lived down Groves Lane for nearly 70 years. I ...Read more

A memory of Erbistock by Gwyn Willmott