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I was raised in Grenoside (born 1949) and had an idyllic childhood. My brother and I were heartbroken when dad got a job in Leeds and we moved there in 1959. We left our Grandparents but continued to make the 2 hour trip (before M1 was ...Read more

A memory of Grenoside by usercp6695

My father Robert Findlater was born at the smiddy, His brother was the last person to blacksmith there. The last time I passed the house the name Findlater was still on the door, and the smiddy still had all the old tools hanging on the wall.

A memory of Carronbridge by findlaterrobert

I grew up in a time when people seldom moved home. This built up such a rapport with all the neighbours we had in Milton Road, not always friendly of course. There were ructions sometimes if us kids upset anyone by kicking balls against ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon by Ann Midson

I attended St. Mark's from 1953-57. We lived on George Lane. As well as Fanny Briggs and Mr. Thorpe, I remember a Mrs. Needham and particularly Laurie Sargeant, who took the class below Miss Briggs. I remember a few names ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by waddovet

I had the worst experience in my life there ... it was to me like a concentration camp ... they took our candy from us that our parents sent to us ... we couldn't go to the bathroom after a certain time at night ... I ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by evanzeilen

This picture was taken outside the Bus Shelter and public toilets in the centre of old Corringham where the number 2A Eastern National Buses used to stop for a 15 min break on the journey from Southend to Grays. Directly opposite ...Read more

A memory of Corringham by thestockies

I visited and stayed at Barcote Manor twice in the 60’s and certainly in 1964. At the time it was owned by Mercantile Bank of India, who had purchased it prior or during WW2 to house their bank documentation. My father took ...Read more

A memory of Barcote Manor by bryan.woodford

We lived in Mitcham road, Tooting, opposite St Boniface church hall. I went to Franciscan school in 1957, then switched to the JB school in 1958. Memories of playing in the school orchestra, playing in the school ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Martin Evans

This was almost certainly a bandstand. There is a bandstand of the right shape marked near the bowling greens on the 1932 25" OS map, surveyed in 1929; this was not marked on the 1912 edition, surveyed 1910. A similar bandstand was built in ...Read more

A memory of Preston by Crispin Edwards

I was born in 1938 and my maternal grandparents lived in a tiny shop on Havant Road, Cosham. I remember I used to write to them occasionally which is how I remember the address. I can't ,though, recall the number. Their ...Read more

A memory of Cosham by Ann Berry