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I was born at 39 Cecil Street and lived there with my mother Jeannie, my granda Billy, and my brother Billy who was 11 months older than me. My granda had a horse and cart, and was a hawker. I can remember the prefabs, ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1951 by Betty Young

I was at St. Marys convalescent home in 1956 when I was 9 years old and I would like to speak to any other people who stayed there to share our memories. Some of my memories are vivid others quite hazy. ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1956 by William Hall

This is the interior of St. Mary's, Higher Brixham - parts of which date back to Norman times. My mother, a Brixham girl born and bred, was married here in August 1952. I, along with my twin brother,w as christened in the ...Read more

A memory of Brixham in 1952 by Jeremy Pike

As a young student nurse at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington W2 - I recall fond memories of Joyce Grove where I undertook my initial six week training period, prior to joining the staff at St Mary's ...Read more

A memory of Nettlebed in 1950 by Margaret Mosley

I remember being a pupil at the little Buckfast school, now St Mary's primary. I presume it was the same then but can't remember. It was in the early to mid 1950s and I have a photo of what I think is a ...Read more

A memory of Buckfast by Peter Chave

I've put 1980s down, but my memories of Rushden go back to the 1970s, my grandad ran the Works Dept in Newton Road for years and lived in the tied house attached to the Fire Station. I spent the whole of my summer holidays there in ...Read more

A memory of Rushden in 1982 by Anne Marie O'reilly

We lived in a thatched cottage just out of the village, there was a farm nearby where my dad worked. I used to go to St Mary's Church on Sundays. I attended Perins School. I had a friend who lived on the housing ...Read more

A memory of Preston Candover in 1956 by Marian Plummer

Bristol's High Street scene of many strirring events in Bristol's history the heart of the city was destroyed and lost forever in 1940. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Paul Townsend

I was born in Milland in 1942 at Great Trippetts Cottages. My father, Goody Luff, worked at the farm and had married the 'Nanny' from The Coombe. As with many farm cottages we had no running water or electricity. We relied on the well ...Read more

A memory of Milland in 1940 by Ros Green

My grandfather John Johnson was born around 1900 and lived all his early life around Billy Mill and Seaton Sluice. He told me that as a boy of about eleven he spent two weeks' holiday with his friend, the lighthouse ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice in 1900 by Neil Johnson