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I lived in Towneley Terrace with my Auntie Etty and Uncle Bill Eltringham when my mother died. I remember the street lights coming back on after the war. Looking down at all the pretty lights was a ...Read more

A memory of High Spen in 1940 by Ena Taplin

A bit before my time, but I was born and bred in Bidford. The old Falcon Inn, in the background, I lived round the corner from there. Had a wonderful childhood in Bidford, alas I left to join the army in 1977 and only manage ...Read more

A memory of Bidford-on-Avon in 1965 by Jay Spiers

I was stationed at RAF Fairford in February 1955. I went to a dance and saw my wife Laura dancing. I knew then and there I had to meet her, so asked her for a dance and from that ...Read more

A memory of Kingsdown by David Lawlor

Memories of The Mumbles by John S. Batts Viewing on-line a collection of Frith’s old photos of The Mumbles has jogged many memories. For me the place was simply known as “Mumbles,” home to a much-treasured uncle ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The by John S. Batts

I came up from London in 1959 to work as a pianist in the Jeff Oaks Band who was the the resident band at the Mecca Locarno, who after a while was moving on to another place. I was offered a job then in the trio for ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1959 by Ralph Burton

Adding to Mr Wroe's memories, I believe that the school Headmaster in 1945 was a Mr Henry Gardam and that Mr Ronald Pearson joined the school perhaps 2 years later. In 1945, Miss Innes was the ...Read more

A memory of Kirkburton in 1950

If anyone knows Eric Harvey he lived, I think, on Sutcliffe Street near a pub called The Sir Walter Raleigh, Kensington. I would love to hear from him as he was a good friend of mine. Also, Stan Killeen - don't know ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1973 by Vincent Jolliffe

My name was Mary Butterworth and I was born at 25 Egerton Street in Winton. I left Winton Senior School in 1946 and began work in a baby linin shop on Patricroft Bridge. The shop was called Turners, next door to Tatham's the ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft by Mary Smith

My grandmother used to own and run the nursing home at Northdene on Egham Hill (just where it joined at Middle Hill). I believe it burned down a few years ago and was rebuilt as flats at Northdene Court. I lived there with my grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Egham

Oh I remember it so well, as if it where yesterday. nobody knew what film we were going to see, until the saturday morning, the noise still rings in my ears as everybody cheered when the name Hopalong Cassidy ...Read more

A memory of Rickmansworth by tonybarton74