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My grandparents, Reginald and Elizabeth Smith, lived at #3 Old Chapel Lane, the second house from the right in the photo. What a shock to see it! It brings back wonderful memories of them and my childhood.

A memory of Laceby by Matthew Smith

My father was policeman in Grindleford from 1952 to 1956, I was almost 5 years old when we moved there and my sister was 10 years old. We lived in the first red brick house on the hill going out of the village to ...Read more

A memory of Grindleford in 1953 by Jennifer Mosley

Between the years 1944 and 1956 my family and I lived in Preston, Lancashire and from there it was only a short ride on the train or bus to Blackpool, where we spent many happy days. This photo ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by Diana Dioszeghy

I have a family history interest in this photo. One of my ancestors married Alice Fulthorpe in 1441. I also have some of the Fulthorpe tree back to Alan 1197.

A memory of Hipswell

You say you have no photos of Rattray--the photo of Blairgowrie is TAKEN FROM the Blairgowrie side, but is of the Rattray bank of the Ericht, with the prominent spire of the Methodist Church which is over the bridge in Rattray. Just a wee point! John

A memory of Rattray by john

My name is David Jenkins. The photo of the village green 1931 is taken from the front of the house in which I lived. First time was during the world war 2. My father was working on constuction of a railway line from the ...Read more

A memory of Portskewett by David Jekins

I remember there was a shop that sold all kinds of coffee beans. You could smell the coffee a few doors before you reached it. It's in the centre of the photo.

A memory of Beckenham

This photo appears at the back of Essex Living Memories (pages 112 - 113) and in "I Remember When ... Memories of Britain (page 134)".  The two ladies in the foreground with the prams appear familiar - The lady on the left ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1955

I was born in Tythby in 1948. Rose Cottage on the Cross Roads of Tythby. Church on one corner, Miss Cox's house on another and Bagleys's farm on the other. The youngest of the eight Williamsons. Ours was a full ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1948 by Gillian Emerton

Our family lived at Jackson Brow in Pott Shrigley. We were living in No. 2 when the war was declared in 1939 and we listened to this on an old Lissen radio which required two dry batteries and one wet accumulator to run. A year ...Read more

A memory of Pott Shrigley in 1940 by Wilfred Jackson