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I was born in 21 Newtons Lane, Cossall, in 1936, and my paternal grandparents lived in Ilkeston Junction. I now live 1000's of miles away in the City of Sunshine, eight miles west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and have ...Read more

A memory of Cossall in 1940 by Robin Louis Scattergood

I remember playing down the docks on a Sunday when there was no trains. Fishing off the old pier. Collecting sea coal off the shore. Building a fire and roasting potatoes. Listening to 'The Man in Black' on a Saturday night. A ...Read more

A memory of Ayr in 1948 by Andrew Plain

I was born at the Royal Free. My grandparents lived on Faraday Road and due to the lack of housing after the war, we moved in with them. I have wonderful memories of Faraday Road, I learned ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1947 by Ken Everley

We lived in Robert Street from when I was 5 until I was 12. There were a few big families around, I remember the Inland the Kelly's and we all ended up moving to Sale. Our neighbours were Margaret and Harry Waite and they also ...Read more

A memory of Harpurhey in 1966 by Heathet Hall

Joined the school in 1939 in 3A. I remember Miss Peters, a Cambridge graduate, who taught English, Mr Pidcott who taught Maths, Mr. Goody History. It was a very happy school. I still see Favel ...Read more

A memory of Earlestown in 1930 by Winifred Chisholm(Née Smith

Two station foremen were employed at Law Junction in 1961: a fellow called Guy, and “Old Andrew” who was in charge of me. Unfortunately both their surnames are lost to my memory, and yet, like the alphabet, I still remember the sequence of ...Read more

A memory of Law in 1961 by John Cunningham

I was born and bred in Werrington, Staffs. I wrote in 2010, that nine or ten of us still met up for a meal at the Ash Bank Hotel, in 2016 that number has grown to 20-23. Although most live away, they still come; we mostly ...Read more

A memory of Werrington by bsstwigge

I moved into Pillaton in 1950 at the age of 10 to a smallholding, High Kernock. It was a bit of a culture shock moving from Plymouth to a bungalow with no amenities at all but we got on fine. The viullage then had some amenities in the ...Read more

A memory of Pillaton by josdave

I was born in The Burn, Burrow Lane, Newton Poppleford in 1945. My parents were William Francis George Drake (George) and Dora May Drake nee Shobrook. My brother David Andrew Drake was born in 1942. ...Read more

A memory of Newton Poppleford by Rosemary Forslin

I was born at 150 Rossmore Road in 1956. I attended Heatherlands school from 1960 to 1965. Classmates I remember include:- Alistair Rogers, (later attended Poole Grammar School) Andrew Spicer, ...Read more

A memory of Parkstone by yodelpie