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My memories of Heswall children's hospital? An imposing building. Actually very intimidating to a youngester. They did not get 'person centred care'. I can recall a nurse on the the Cleft Pallete and Hare ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1965 by Alison Brear

My memories of the above are vivid in my memory, I remember Shawhead from about 1959 when we first moved there, when we moved in there was an old railway line that ran in front of the shops which then were the ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge by George Mc Conville

My Grandfather, Harvey Madgwick, was a broom squire,and he lived in a cottage down in the bowl (as my mother related to me). It was a hard life for these people, but my mother(being bought up by her grandparents) told us many times of the broom squires and their children who lived there.

A memory of Hindhead in 1920 by Frances Hearn

This was the year I first attended Balmaclellan School, the Headmaster was first Mr Walker, who went on to New Abbey, he was followed by Fred Simpson - a great experence from 1944 to 1950. I lived with grandfather William ...Read more

A memory of Balmaclellan in 1944 by Derek William Biggar Dickson

I also went swimming in the ducks pond, played for the res and played bowls and tennis - and we use to go up on the swing and slide and put candle gresse on it to make it go faster. On the way home, we used to have a glass of milk in Seales Dairy on the bottom of the hill.

A memory of Trealaw in 1948 by Michael Spearing

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

On June 8th 1940, just 6 weeks before my 8th birthday, I was evacuated to Fillingham where I was billeted with Mr & Mrs Cross and their daughter Violet. I had to attend church three times a week and chapel twice. At ...Read more

A memory of Fillingham in 1940 by Alex Litchfield

I lived in Souldern and remember Callows shop very well. I remember Jack and Sam (who sadly was fataly injured on a tractor). I went to school with Jack's son, John, to Steeple Aston School with heyfordian coaches but most of all I ...Read more

A memory of Souldern in 1860 by David Hines

My grandparents spent nearly all of their married life in Blackhall and my grandad still lives there today. I'm 37 now and live on the other side of the world. I have lots of great memories. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1980 by Vicky Clements

As a child I lived with my parents in a prefab in Corelli Rd SE3. We used to walk through the Brook estate, passing more prefabs to reach the Coronet Cinema in Well Hall. On a Sunday we sometimes watched dad play bowls at the ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1955