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Catching gudgeon at Ackers Pit and taking them home in jam jar (they died!) Swimming in Bridgewater Canal "Dukes`s" would you believe at Grappenhall! Passing exam for Boteler Grammar and getting a new beach ball as a reward (all other kids had a new bike) Sorry dad ...I know we had no money.

A memory of Warrington in 1950 by Harry Roscoe

I arrived in Wolverhampton when demolition of the market buildings was under way. The buildings in front of the church (in the photo) must have already been long gone, but the buildings on the side ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton

My late father, Eric Palmer, was stationed at Burn Hope colliery during the second World War, where he worked as a 'Bevan Boy'. He had many memories of his time there which he often shared with my sister and I. He was very ...Read more

A memory of Burnhope by jane.wilson-brown

We lived in Winchester at the time . I remember being at this hospital as a small child around 1958/9 Suspect of TB . My father had been convalescing from TB and when he was able, he would visit me , I don't remember my mother ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon by jacki.lloyd

I read the piece about Bull Lane and the stream on the left hand side,we used to collect Frogs spawn from there, and Old Farmer Snow and his Farm, because as kids we used to go Horse riding there, I used to live in the shop in ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh by davidsingle1

My Grandmother lived at Hanger Hill House immediately prior to the Second World War. She worked as a housekeeper for a family with connections to the oil industry. I believe she lived in the Surrey area for most of her life but ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge

I obviously don't remember the common in 1911, but I did live in Old Common Road number 15 from about 1943 until 1955. Where the children are sitting was The Common, and a herd of Fresion cows were often grazed there. Old Common Road ran ...Read more

A memory of Cobham by trevor.cole

my grandparents and great grandparents married in this church and lived in the Stonebow and Pavement area.My great-grandfather and his father sold humbugs in the Shambles market:

A memory of York

I MOVED TO STEVENAGE LIKE MOST YOUNG PEOPLE AT THAT TIME TO GET A HOUSE YOU HAD NO CHANCES ELSEWHERE MY BROTHER ALREADY LIVED THERE SO I WAS ABLE TO LODGE WITH HIM GOT A JOB AT BEA SYSTEMS AS AN AID STOREKEEPER HAVING BEEN ...Read more

A memory of Stevenage

I lived at 59 Station Road, Royston. My parents moved there in the very early 1960's and I was born in 1969 and my brother David in 1972. It was a semi, with what seemed to be a garden that went on forever. I ...Read more

A memory of Royston by hbvrl