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Early Twenties. I can remember, because most tradesmen used a pony & trap to vendor their wares. The pony needed to have space to relax, eat and so forth. Billericay had a brick field pug dug out and made into bricks. ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

My two brothers, my sister and I were all born in Minster in what is now called Turner Cottage but was then "The Swifts". My granddad was a village postman and my best friend's granddad was also a postman and we ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1968

Does anyone remember the Rake Gate Sunday School, held firstly in 83, Probert Road, the home of Fred and Kaye Cochran, then in the dining hall of the newly opened Rake Gate infant school, where the Headmistress was Miss ...Read more

A memory of Oxley in 1954 by Heather Graham

Just seen the photo of Park Place and couldn't resist commenting. The first shop is the post office with Dai and Lally stood out (a well liked couple). Next would be Rodgers the butchers, then Jessie Smith's the greengrocer, then Don ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1955 by Donald Brake

I was born at N o6 Henconner Road, Leeds 7, on November 26th 1951. My primary school was Chapel Allerton County Primary, and I vaguely remember the trams running through Chapel Allerton as they passed the school. ...Read more

A memory of Chapel Allerton in 1951 by Mick Hudson

I lived up at the Three Pots on the A5, just opposite the pub of that name, me and my mum and dad had just moved there from Wellesborough near Sibson when I started at Burbage infant church school in 1955. On my first day at school, ...Read more

A memory of Hinckley in 1955 by Ralph Lees

My Mum, Elizabeth Crawford married Dad and went to live in London.....I was brought to Kirkconnel at a month old and baptised in the Parish Church......every year we came up with Dad's motor bike and sidecar ...Read more

A memory of Kirkconnel in 1950 by Sarah Butt

In 1944 my mother and I moved from a two bedroom basement flat in Grosvenor Road at the top of the town, to Chrismas Avenue, a three bedroom semi-detached, that connected between Ash Road and Newport Road. My father ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1940 by Raymond Hay

The bakehouse was a regular visit for us on Saturday mornings - when we used to go to the morning picture shows - and we would call in to buy freshly baked crusty rolls to eat during the film, but were usually consumed long before ...Read more

A memory of Kettering in 1947 by Kenneth Taylor

My grandparents William and Lilian together with their 5 children lived at The Lodge, Chiselhampton. William was head gardener employed by Sir Charles Peers ...Read more

A memory of Chiselhampton in 1940 by Barbara Gibson