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The gentleman pushing a cart in the foreground of this picture is my grandfather, Ernest Pearce (1895-1970). The cart was used to transport bundles of sticks that he cut for sale as firewood. They were sold for 4d a bundle. ...Read more

A memory of Clowne in 1950 by June Harvey

I was born in 1965 and grew up in Westend.  I moved  to America in 1988 and have only been back to visit once since then back in 1989/90.  I can't really imagine how much the village has ...Read more

A memory of West End by Andrew Barnett

I was born in Caerbryn in 1949 and I lived at 4 Caerbryn Terrace along at that time with my granny and grandad, mum and dad and my sister Gill who is thirteen months older than me. The terrace was then just the twenty ...Read more

A memory of Cae'r-bryn in 1959 by First Name Last Name

I was born in the upstairs back room of my maternal Gran's house at 20 John Street, Pendleton. I was told there was an air raid going on at the time. My first school was John Street where there was a play ground on the roof, ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Mal Woods

I was born in Plymouth of Welsh parents, there was no work in Newport Wales when my Father got out of the Navy, so, we moved to my Grandparents house in 50 Wallscourt Rd Filton, until our house 13 Canberra Grove Filton became ...Read more

A memory of Filton in 1966 by Christine Flage

Born in Harwich in 1940, I have many fond memories of Church Street both as a schoolchild and as a teenager.   The car parked on the left of the picture is an Alvis estate car which had the exceptionally nice wooden side panelling. ...Read more

A memory of Harwich in 1954 by Michael E J Mooney

South Wingfield Church is situated right beside the river and it was reported to me when I was looking round the graveyard (I'm a fam hist fan) that they have /had problems when the river flooded disturbing the graves and ...Read more

A memory of South Wingfield by Clifford Raven

I was evacuated during the war for a time to Whitwell and spent it with my Grandfather Walter Williams who lived almost opposite the Bull PH. My elder brother born 1938 was just about old enough to attend the local ...Read more

A memory of Whitwell by m-jones21

I was born in 1942 at Oswaldkirk postoffice. My mother was the youngest of three sisters. Joyce the eldest was a nurse in Leeds, Olive the 2ed helped run the shop and postoffice, and my mother Nancy who also ...Read more

A memory of Oswaldkirk in 1942 by Marion Brooks

This is where my father (1924) and grandfather (1896) were born, their cottages were just round the corner slightly further up the hill, Gt Grandfather (1844) rented 2 cottages for his family of himself, his wife and 9 ...Read more

A memory of Hertford in 1920 by Marilyn Taylor