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The Seagoing Years. I must have left the Army sometime in August or September of 1949, and went back to C.J.King & son, tug owners, to carry on with my job as deck boy. This was not to my ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1950 by Arthur Cottrell

My great grandmother was born in Nancledra. Her father was a tin miner at Wheal Kitty and she was a tin dresser when she was older. She married a farm labourer and moved to St Erth. The family stories about this ...Read more

A memory of Nancledra

I was born in Ivy House - first on the right in Talbot Terrace. My sister Sally now lives in the same street. I don't remember much before four and half years of age. I lived in that house with my grandfather, Demetrie ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1953 by Frances Cambettie Davies

My grandmother, two aunts and father owned Brown's paper shop. I am son of Billy and Joan Brown living in leeds now. Fond memories of my childhood living in East Forest Hall Rd collecting paper money on Sunday mornings in an ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hall in 1957 by Frank Brown

My grandma & granddad (Ted & Janet Lambert) used to run a confectioners in the corner building at the top of Bond Street, a steep cobbled road then. They used to bake bread and cakes at their main shop ...Read more

A memory of Birstall in 1967 by Paul Robinson

I have memories of going around in a 'gang'; we called ourselves the Wizbangs and used to frequent the carousel coffee bar on East Hill.

A memory of Dartford in 1964 by Allan Pennell

I think my uncle was the caretaker at Garfield Road - not been down to the recs for years, are they still there? We used to go to the rec from school at Queens Road, also we walked down from school to play cricket ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1980

My family moved to The Avenue in Wembley Park from Liverpool in 1948 when I was just a baby. Early childhood memories include De Marco's ice cream parlor and Wembley Market with it's fish counter. Wally Kilminster's was brilliant. I went ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1966 by Ian Grierson

Looking at the comments and photographs of South Yorkshire and its then thriving industries, remembering the comradeship and dare I say "culture" of its people based on their community spirit and the so ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe in 1950 by Terence Flinders

I was born in Victoria Hospital, Woking in 1958. My first home was Tewkesbury Close, then Chertsey Road. My grandparents owned the BP garage in Chertsey Road and Berrys Lane was named after them - my family name. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Sheila Perry