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I think the motor yacht in the centre of this photo [outer row, single mast with 3 visible portholes on the starboard side] is the White Aster II which belonged to my grandfather Walter Robinson Handforth. The same vessel ...Read more

A memory of Conwy in 1940 by Chris Handforth

I have just returned from London and I was checking to see if there were any photos of Finchley Road and Lymington Road. I was born at No 8 Depot Cottages and stayed there until my dad passed away in 1959. My ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1950 by Derek Paul

I was born in Redhill hospital in 1948 and lived in Shirley Avenue. I went to Downland School which was a stone cottage called Pound Cottage just before Stanley Close. There was Cherry Tree Cottage about 3 doors up, they used to ...Read more

A memory of Old Coulsdon by Margaret Collins

I was born in Manchester in 1945, and moved with my family to Kingsly Crescent Collyhurst flats. My father died in 1948, and my mother, brother Joe and I moved to Elizabeth-Ann Street, Collyhurst, where ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1951 by Vincent Stevenson

I lived in Tetney for about the first 5 years of my life. I vaguely remember going to school and walking a long way home. I can't remember the name of the road, but the house I lived in was called 'Mistletoe Cottage'. As far as I ...Read more

A memory of Tetney in 1940 by Tony Bushell

My parents bought a house in Willow Walk, which is on the right of the photographer, in August 1954. At that time there were no shops, no pavements, just muddy concrete roads. We were the first to occupy a house in the road, ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1955 by Tony Wood

I also am related to the Schofield family, my father George Schofield was the flower boy that opened Schofield College. My father's grandad was the person the college was named after, he was mayor at that time, so ...Read more

A memory of Mexborough by Lynda Wood

I was a pupil at Lower Peover primary school from 1980 to 1986 and have many great memories. Mrs Wraith taught the reception class and we all had pictures so we knew which our pegs and draws were and mine was always a cow. ...Read more

A memory of Lower Peover in 1980

My name is Maggie Wilkinson. My mum Elizabeth Pilkington lived at Copthorne Convent, then it was called Bank Farm House, she was married from there on 6th June 1942. My parents were married at St John's church. Mum's ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne in 1942 by Mike Wilkinson

I am trying to compile photos of my ancestors' birthplaces - as they were and are now. Can anyone help in identifying the house number for a property know as Colwyn in Scratton Road, Stanford le Hope, Essex?

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1910 by Keith Ives