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I was stationed at Melchbourne 1948/49 and used to visit the Temperance Cafe in the High Street. I would like to know more about Melchbourne House after it was handed back. When I was there it was in a dreadful state of repair. I would ...Read more

A memory of Rushden in 1949 by Kenneth Horton

I was just putting in "Rogerson Hall" on search and came across this site. Wonderful. I went to Rogerson Hall with my Mum and Dad in 1956 and 1957. In 1956, when I was 6, Dad booked the holiday and within ...Read more

A memory of Corton in 1957 by Thelma Doyle

We have just acquired a silver teapot with the following inscription:- Presented to Mr L A Drake by the EMPLOYEES of the Great Horton Industrial Society Ltd February 7th 1899. It is a beautiful antique ...Read more

A memory of Great Horton in 1890 by Jeanette Walker

From early 1920's until the late 1970's my husband's family occupied homes in Cheriton. At first in Whitby Road, then for many years at 129 Cheriton High Street, next to their good friends the Priestleys. Names ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1940 by Olivia R S

From childhood, first on family holidays and now in later years I have spent many happy times walking this cliff path from Corton to Hopton. This view remains virtually unchanged, the radar station is now a private ...Read more

A memory of Corton in 1959 by Keith Pharo

Hi my name is Robert Elliott, shortly after marrying Sheila (nee Bissell) in 1963 we moved onto the new housing estate on Cedar Drive. I had lived in a council house in Brook Street, Erith. Not only did we live in a brand ...Read more

A memory of Hawley by Robert Elliott

From Trafford Road one would see the first shop was on the left of Cawdor Street; the workshop of Louis Donlan, tailor. Next on the left was Bolsover’s Grocery shop; popular with some customers because 'sterilized ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft by Joseph Murphy

I lived in Horton from the age of two when we moved from Chard. We lived in a cottage just below the village hall opposite the Police house. My dad was Joe Sparks, and my mum was Joyce, I had an elder ...Read more

A memory of Horton in 1955 by Pat Sparks

I was born in the Goss, off Delph Road and moved to Corbett Road around 1957. I remember playing in the fields where Withymore is now, before any houses were built. I remember Oakley's shop and the post office round by the Bell ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1964 by Paul Turley

My father was born "on the road to Queensbury", as I was told. He grew up in the Queensbury/Mountain/Bradford area and I have ties to those places still. Dad came to the U.S.A. in 1927 and lived with an aunt who had come ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by andersoncynthea73