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The first time I saw the photo it brought back very old memorys, because when I got up from bed in the mornings and opened my curtains the first thing I saw was the smoke from the Phurnacite Plant, as we lived in ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi in 1949 by David Williams

I lived in Urmston between 1951 and 1974 with my parents and twin brother, Michael. We knew most of these shops and business premises very well indeed. On the left side the premises were as follows, The corner ...Read more

A memory of Urmston in 1956 by John Owen

My parents bought an old railway carriage bungalow at 66 East Front Rd, on Pagham Beach in the early 1990's.  The place was a total dump, so they burned it down on the beach and built a brand ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1994 by Kate Tayman Hammersley

My sister and I, Margaret and Maureen Grieve, were evacuated to Brynamman. I lived with Nellie, Stanley and Menna Thomas in the then new council houses. My sister stayed with the Pughs in Faifield House. My brothers joined us, Ken ...Read more

A memory of Upper Brynamman in 1940 by Margaret Parker

My memory of the area is based on my secondary school days here at the St James Catholic School, I think it was in Orange Hill Rd? I lived in Wembley during the war years and started school at St Josephs ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1951 by Brian Telfer

Who remembers being compared to Robbie Burns's "wee sleekit cowring timrous beastie" as we first crept into that hallowed school? Then how we quickly got used to all the pranks and fun that could be had, despite the rather ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1953 by Carol Lynn

My dad Ronald Peel was born in 1932 in Wheatley Hill. He lived in Burns Street and he had a brother Tom and two sisters, Florence and Mary. My dad stayed in Wheatley Hill till about 1954, he married ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill in 1946 by Deborah Farrow

I was born in 1952, and went to Bragar School. The headmaster was Mr McIver and teachers I remember were Mrs MacDonald (Carloway) and Mrs Mitchell (Shawbost). I used to cross the road to the shop up the hill, and also ...Read more

A memory of South Uist in 1958 by Jean Mac Intyre

I was born in Rettendon  in 1938.  My father (Ernest James Hazell) and mother ( Ellen Wiseman)  were both born in the village as were my maternal grandmother and great grandmother. As a child I remember watching aircraft flying home ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon by Keith Hazell

The late 40's through the mid 50's. Some 50 plus years have now passed, since I was a " kid " on the streets of Burnt Oak. How life has changed. I now sit at my computer ( here in Tennessee, USA ), and have instant ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Dave Miller