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This is a picture of the corner of Chapel Street and George Street showing the old Boots Chemist shop before it was taken over by Hepworths the tailors.  Dewhursts butchers shop was also in the same complex between Chapel Street, the ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

I remember the Co-op butchers at Caddington shown in the picture. Ted Reed was the manager and his son Michael used to work part time there cleaning up. I also recall Courtline Coaches having the contract for ...Read more

A memory of Caddington by Michael Bream

I remember living in Downs Road, Newcastle at about 3 years old (1944). We lived in a house opposite a green and the sea beyond. When my younger sister was only a few months old, for some reason the night before, my mother ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle in 1944 by Heather Graham

My mum lived in Preston-on-the-Hill in a farmhouse belonging to her parents Albert and Frances Egerton, she was the youngest child with 2 sisters, Margery and Joyce and a brother, Ken.

A memory of Preston on the Hill in 1940 by Ian David Holland

Can anyone tell me when the Black Bull and the Cross Keys got pulled down to make way for the Roundabout and junctions of Kendry, Ardsley, Wombwell and Lundwood. It was at the Cross Keys where my wife and I, had our ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1973 by Roland Mitchell

I was born on the 5th February 1930 in the cottage known as Sunnyside, Little Polgooth, the home of my grandparents William and Edith Rundle. Grandfather, was a one-time tin miner at South Polgooth mine, 5 ...Read more

A memory of Little Bosullow in 1930 by Philip Rundle

I was born in Doggie in 1934. I remember playing football in Elm Rd refereed to by the person in one of your letters and was wondering if I went to school with that person. Although he/she may know my nephews John and ...Read more

A memory of West Cornforth in 1944 by John Maughan

The house on the left is the one in which I was born. It had a shop underneath and a living/dining area on the ground floor and bedrooms and a bathroom and living room upstairs. The living room ...Read more

A memory of Raunds in 1944 by Marian Jenny

Born 24th February 1947 at 66 Church Street Thurnscoe, one of the worst winters or so I was told. I went to Houghton Road Infants and Junior School. I remember Mrs Cook she was a little woman, her favourite weapon was the ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1947 by First Name Last Name

My Dad did his National Service at RAF Ely Hospital in 1953/4. We held a reunion at the weekend (27th Sept 08) in the Lamb Hotel which was attended by about 27 people. The Baron of Beef, the Rifleman's (on Lyn Road), the Cutter and the ...Read more

A memory of Ely in 1953 by Carol Greig