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I am currently working on a book about my relatives, the Esplins and Cuthberts who lived in Dysart. Most of our relatives have left Dysart and live spread out over the globe. My grandparents lived down Dysart in Cook St and ...Read more

A memory of Dysart by k.cuthbert

I think to reminisce is great. At 76, I find myself doing this quite often and am drawn back to Shaw, and to High Crompton, where I was born. The house I was born in on Rochdale Road, near the Bull's Head Pub, is ...Read more

A memory of Shaw by harmonicajoe

I lived in Albert Bridge Road opposite Battersea Park. I was born in 1947 and went to Bolingbroke Primary school and later to Tennyson Street School. My first kiss at primary was with Jean Thynne who lived in Parkgate Road she was ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by jhedgeland

Born Dec. 1924 Dollis Hill Ave, son of E.H.Carter who lived at Crown Terrace. In 1912 he opened his half-shop as a newsagent and tobacconist, joined-up in 1915 and left the running to his sister Florence who ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1949 by John Carter

I visited Weobley in the late 60s as a child with my Mother to visit our Herefordshire cousins. We stayed with Mum's Great Uncle Fred (Frederick Hope) and his daughter, Mabel Hope. They lived at the Corner House and I ...Read more

A memory of Weobley in 1966 by Jane Dick

Congleton Open Air Baths during the 50/60s. It had the entrance of a theatre, 2 steps up with an overhanging portico and glass doors that opened up to a foyer. It was well painted in the colours of the day, council green and ...Read more

A memory of Congleton in 1960 by Alec Coles

My father lived at 7 Beck Side North as a child having moved there from Hull. The gardens were long and contained fruit trees. His father was a keen gardener. The neighbours kept cows and sold milk! My father fell in the beck aged 3 but managed to get out.

A memory of Beverley in 1920 by Brenda Reeve

I now live in Hornchurch, since 2003, and the High Street looks nothing like this (apart from the pub, the Bull, still the same but is now the Fatlin & Furkin)  picture in 1955.

A memory of Hornchurch in 2007 by Eddie Tait

I remember well the Saturday Night Dances at the Bluecap Hotel in the 50's & 60's, now pulled down. The Bull's Head was more up-market. I lived at St Dominick and remember the Cattle Market. I was going to Callington Grammer School ...Read more

A memory of Callington by Brian Furse

Moved into Sandholme Road in 1954 from Howden. Father and grandfather bought The Cottages at auction and I lived there until going to college in 1970. My parents stayed there until 1983 when they moved into Laburnum ...Read more

A memory of Gilberdyke by Dave Cooper