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My memory of Laleham is of when my father would come and collect us for weekend visits, he would come and collect us on a Saturday, and take me and my brother to the caravan park where he lived at the time, now known as ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1960 by Linda Stock

I was born in Nottingham and came to live in Gateshead when I was 4 years old. My mother was in the W.R.A.C and met my father when she was stationed down there. He was a Waiter in the Crown Hotel in Bawtry and was originally ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Pauline Thompson

I was born 21st august 1943 at 60 Bellefield Road, a house that is still standing, only a blue brick terraced house with a cold tap and an outside loo. This was quite posh because some people had to share their toilets ...Read more

A memory of Winson Green in 1951 by John Hughes

My dad often told me about Shifnal, his dad had two pubs there, and his sisters Norma and Winnie lived there. I can remember going to my cousin Mavis's wedding in the beautiful church there and spending time looking round the ...Read more

A memory of Shifnal by Sue Spencer Lewis

I attended the Y Graig Junior School that was in Llancayo Street in Bargoed from September 1976 to July 1980. The head master at that time was Mr Borrot. I started off in Mrs Williams class and I can still ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1976 by Andrew Dexter

I was one of ten little girls, plus our teacher, who arrived in Ivybridge as evacuees from Acton, London, at the outbreak of the Second World War. We were taken to a hall (probably at the school) where we were ...Read more

A memory of Ivybridge in 1940 by Geraldine Gasparelli

My father was born in 1930 and lived in Hazel Road, opposite the Supermarine factory. He left in the 1930s as his father, who was in the Navy, was moved to Coventry to become a recruiting officer. At the beginning of this year, I had ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1930 by Hannah Race

Hi, my name is Colin, I live in Lowestoft, Suffolk. The picture you have of 29 Seagate, Irvine is part of the building we lived in, the part you see was used as a workshop when we lived there, he did upholstery. We had no ...Read more

A memory of Irvine in 1953 by Colin Porter

About a mile or so from South Woodford toward Buckhurst Hill, on the New Road, is Woodford Wells. My friend lived in the third house from the corner diagonally across from Bancrofts School. The ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1942 by Denman Lalonde

I was born and bred in Smethwick, my nan lived on Windmill Lane where i spent most of my time as my mum was a barmaid at the Cape of Good Hope pub opposite the Mitchell and Butlers Brewery, it's now a Macdonalds. ...Read more

A memory of Smethwick by Angela Narbett