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So many happy memories of Maesteg - where do I start? I was born in 1947 and lived at No 3, Plasnewydd Street until I was about 19. My best friend when I was young was Paul Spracklen (with whom I re-kindled ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg by Nick Davies

I am Philip Hopkins, born 1952 and moved the Ostels when I was 6 months old and lived there till I was 10. We lived in the posh part of the Ostels (brick built), I think the hostel had two bedrooms and was in a place called ...Read more

A memory of Abergarw in 1958 by Philip Hopkins

On my first day at Corringham School, my mother walked me, aged five, down the long lane from Aisby with our faithful old dog Floss and a playmate, Monica Bramford, a year or so older than me. During assembly I started to ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1950 by Valerie Walker

I spent a very happy childhood - my father was a licensed victualler of Ye Olde Bulls Head on the bridge until he retired in 1949. I went to the local school - my teachers were Miss Pratt & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1940 by Julie Dilling

Adams had a poultry farm in Duck Pond Lane (left hand side of Sainsburys). They lived in a big grand house at the bottom of Woodchurch Lane; it fronted onto Prenton Road West. There was a plaque on the outhouse ...Read more

A memory of Oxton in 1954 by David Wharton

My aunt Doris Lacey (nee Allen) lived in Apsley Road, South Norwood. She started to lose her sight in her late 80's and therefore the pleasures of reading, watching television or going ...Read more

A memory of South Norwood in 1910 by John Howard Norfolk

We moved to Lyminge Close, Twydall in 1960 from our wartime built pre-fab in Wigmore when I was 15 months old. Pictured are the 'modern' post war shops but there was also an older red-brick parade opposite. Out of shot on the right of ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by John Fernandez

In my day there was a triangular grass island where Old Redding met the Oxhey Lane; that possibly saved my life. What is not apparent from the photo is that Old Redding is a 1 in 9 incline. One day, whilst seeking more ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1958 by John Price

I lived in Austrey Lane about a half mile from the village. I went to Newton Regis school starting in 1947 and leaving in 1953. When I started school the headmistress ...Read more

A memory of Newton by Philip Hall

Hi, I was born in Harpurhey but moved to Newton Heath in about 1949. I went to Hague Street School till I was 11, then on to St Mary's Road Secondary Modern. Hague Street was a nice school, we all ...Read more

A memory of Newton by Beryl Mallard Dawson