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I remember being a young whippersnapper in the good old Kippers Junction and the man who lived on the end of the street was named Joe Bigs. But he was always smoking about 20 snouts at 1 time. So we used to call him Old Smokey Joe - he didn't like the name but no wonder we called him it.

A memory of Tullibody in 1980

I loved this school. The first time I set foot inside the grounds I knew I had found the place I was supposed to be. Passing the 11 plus was unheard of in my family, I knew it was my means of escape from drudgery and the school itself ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon in 1958 by Lesley Parry

I lived @ 34 Gurnell Grove from 1947 to approx.1955. I remember the names of everyone up my alley, and others in the Grove. I had eight wonderful years there, the freedom to go wherever you liked, over the six fields, which took ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1947 by Stella Dixon

In the early years, when I worked for the N C B at Langley Park Pit, all the lads, myself included, looked up to the big coal hewers, Garforth, Calland, Gardner and Co, but there was another fella there that we would like to be a ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1957 by David Leckenby

I was born at 9 Mount Pleasant, Kingswinford, in 1948. It was a big house which used to be a pub, with four rooms down stairs and four rooms upstairs; the only lighting was down stairs and you had to go to bed using a candle. ...Read more

A memory of Kingswinford by Christine Ann Baker

I was born and brought up in 3 Gwendoline St Nantymoel. I went to school there, first the infants then the Secondary Modern. My childhood was wonderful with plenty of friends living in the Wauns or 'the field', as our area ...Read more

A memory of Ogmore Vale in 1960 by Ann Richards

The entry regarding Gladstone Road and the Mission brought back many memories. As a child I went to Sunday School there when Father Clarke was in charge and Mrs Smith ran a handicrafts club on Thursdays after school. On the corner ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1950 by Maureen Draper

My uncle Tom had the ice-cream van that went round the prefabs. He was married to Famme Marsella - Marsella was name on side of ice-cream van and her parents had a shop quite near Netherton Cross where they made the ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw by Peter Chalmers

I was born in 37 Llanerch Rd, Bonymaen on 5 January 1934 to parents, Archie and Katie Gray. My big memory was of the school we attended being bombed and having to be bussed to Llansamlet School. We never did go back to our ...Read more

A memory of Llansamlet in 1940 by Rose Merriman(Nee Gray)

I remember being a regular visitor to this shop in the 1940's and 50's with my grandmother buying material, ribbons and clothes. Like all the other children I was fascinated by the pneumatic tube system for conveying the ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill