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My father was born in Talwrn near Llangefni and each year we would go by train to Liverpool and then go to the pier head and board St Tudno which sailed at 10 30 am, dropping people off about 12 in ...Read more

A memory of Menai Bridge in 1930 by Trevor Williams

I was born and bred Barry Island. My mother and father had a fish and chip shop under the Western shelter. I can remember wonderful summer days, playing on the sands and making friends with children from the valleys. They thought ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island in 1958 by First Name Last Name

My great-grandparents lived at Hangmans Cottage sometime during the late 1800s or early 1900s. My dad Robert Mitchell was born at Friary Cottage in 1904 which is a short walk from Hangmans Cottage. He ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester by Kay Lambourne

The shop on left hand side is White Fuller (Kent) Ltd, 68 High Street, Deal. My father, Cecil Prime, was the owner. Our mother, Phyllis, my brother John Prime and myself lived there. John and ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1947 by Francesca Wellard

I remember this school so well, my first born went to this school in 1983 and so did my daughter, it's a shame they pulled part of it down. I remember walking the children over to what is now the infant school to use ...Read more

A memory of South Wigston in 1983 by Ruth Carroll

I was born in Medomsley in 1957 in the big house top of Fines Rd, Fines House. I lived in Medomsley till 1973. I've got some great memories of the village when it was a small village, Mrs Finlay's shop, the old school, St Mary ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley by Wendy Halfpenny

I'm trying to trace my family tree and found that my g,g,g,grandfather Henry Travill, born 1829, lived in Corse up to 1886. Going back to my g,g,g,g, grandmother Ann Fisher, known as Nancy, ...Read more

A memory of Corse by Joanne Keddie

I recall the row of houses on the left in 1940 to 1947. In the middle lived my friend Elsie Colburn, then on the end lived Joyce Dean, she was at the time one of nine children, we were all born in 1937. The house on the ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1940 by Brenda Burton

I was born in Wales and lived at 3 Bailey Street until moving to Canada at age 10. All of my memories of Cwm are wonderful ones, sliding down the mountain on cardboard, wading in the river behind our house, climbing the hill to play at the ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1966 by Debbie Turner

My grandmother Emma Fielding was born at the Fisherman's Inn in 1893. Her mother lived at Antioch Cottages further along the road so I can only presume that her mother Martha Ann Wild was related to the landlord at that time, ...Read more

A memory of Littleborough by Jerry Crabtree