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I was born in Herts Hill. Holly Hall 64 years ago in a house on the main road next door but one to the Doctors, the doctors name was Dr. McCormack. Opposite was a pub called The Stag. My father and his brothers ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill by Christine Turner

I also remember arriving at Park Hall Camp as a very nervous young man in September 1972. Looking back they would have to be some of the best times of my life. I have been in Australia since 1983 but on my next trip back home to Yorkshire ( ...Read more

A memory of Oswestry in 1973 by David Mortimer

I lived at 2 Chain Road in the 50's sandwiched between the Loves and the Harveys with my parents and brothers, Jeff and Richard. The Lindsays lived two doors away with Johnny and Gillian. Our neighbour's were great characters ...Read more

A memory of Creetown

Does anyone know anything about this boys home. I ended up there about 66-67 for about a year. My only parent, my mother had died, and I ended up in this hell hole for ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1966 by Roger Haspeck

Opposite the Odeon cinema, the spotted dog and off licence. I'm certain it was Tommy Keene from Axe St who would be on Wakering Rd with his barrow selling sea food by the half and ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1948 by Lesley Hawken

I was born in 1950 at the hospital on Hampstead Heath I think was called St Marys. At the time my parents were living in Neasden. In 1958 we moved to 151 Preston Road, Wembley. I went to Preston Park junior school, the ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1970 by Samuel Wesil

My father, Ken Hatton, worked as a surveyor with Cementation, a civil engineering company from Bentley Nr. Doncaster. They were driving a water tunnel under the Trough of Bowland. At that time we lived in Clitheroe ...Read more

A memory of Slaidburn in 1951 by Stan Hatton

My dad was born in Hackney, London in 1922. Named Arthur Lawrence Gibbs, son of William Arthur Gibbs. My grandad came to Australia in 1925 with my grandma and with 3 or 4 children pioneed a farm in Northcliffe in Western Australia. I myself ...Read more

A memory of Hackney in 1920 by Raymond Gibbs

In 1946 my late father, Ron Goodliffe, got a job as a tractor driver for the vast Pemberton estate, and we moved into one of their tied-cottages in Swans Yard, that used to be off the High Street.  Then, ...Read more

A memory of Trumpington by Brian Goodliffe

I spent my youth living just around the corner form the Hall. Many happy memories playing in the surrounding woods and snow permitting sledging down the steep hill just in front of the photo. You had to pull up really ...Read more

A memory of Middleton in 1968 by Ivan Walsh