Search Results

There are many people better qualified than I to write about Meonstoke, but this photo evokes memories of the Cooke's, who ran the village shop with cheerful kindness and where we shopped for essentials - ...Read more

A memory of Meonstoke in 1960 by Herry Lawford

This photo is exactly as I remember the place from the 1960s and 1970s. On the horizon is the rail station with it's level crossing. Used to ride to the station from the other (Cleadon) side after ...Read more

A memory of East Boldon by Stewart Wood

My parents (Mr C and Mrs P Gosling) used to own a fish and chip shop for 6 years. I have a fantastic memory growing up with my 6 brothers and sisters in that big house (please see photo). It had 14 rooms ...Read more

A memory of Wroughton

This photo was taken in Church Road, looking north towards Sole Farm Road. The large building on the right was originally a flour mill and later converted into a house called The Granary.

A memory of Great Bookham by Maureen Argyle

The helter-skelter was not only an icon of Frodsham but also a symbol of youthful exuberance and fun. I was born and bred just 200 metres from it. I shudder to think how much skin it must have claimed from me in pursuit of a ...Read more

A memory of Frodsham by Terry Collacott

My mum lived in Lamb Street, the bottom half, she lived with her mother Harriet Prescott, sister Gertie and brother Billy. When Mum was born she was given the same name as her mother. They were bombed out of Lamb Street ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1940 by Margery Hall

I remember riding on an old wooden rollercoaster inside the pavilion on the Grand Pier in 1962 or 1963 called The Figure of Eight. I was around about 6 years old and the next time I went to Weston, probably the following year, ...Read more

A memory of Weston in 1962 by David Maule

My dad attended this school in the 60's/70's does anyone else remember this school or go to it? I would love to find out more about this school as I am building my Family Tree and woud love to hear from anyone who may ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton by Kerry Hurle

My father recently told me that his grandfather, William Parkes, was the manager of a micro brewery, in Lewes, East Sussex, in about 1936. My father, Gordon, remembers spending many holidays visiting his ...Read more

A memory of Lewes by Michelle Colyer

I have put 1970 as my year of recollection, but I was catching the 259 service from bay 5 at about the time this photograph was taken. In 1970 I was working on the buses as a conductor and by 1974 as a driver. You will see in the ...Read more

A memory of Kettering in 1970 by Derek Fox