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Born in Felsham Road, off the High Street, in 1927, I of course have many memories of the area in this photograph. One in particular, has stuck with me for the last 75 years or so. It is of terribly wounded and maimed ...Read more

A memory of Putney in 1930 by Eddie Gould

From his seat, by the fire, my grandad could see the great mound of the spoil heap of Stanley Burns Pit. It was the site of a horrific explosion, on 16th February 1909, in which 168 men and boys lost their lives. He would ...Read more

A memory of Stanley in 1900 by e5484.suddes

Sheila nee Till. I was born at Medgehall in 1935 at the farm near the Signal Box, when I was 3 years old we moved to Groves Farm, Chapel Road which was where my grandfather lived, Mr A W Till.  lived there until I got married ...Read more

A memory of Medge Hall in 1940 by Sheila Ella

My grandad's family came from here, his name was Clarence Magson Hilton, he was born around 1900. I am trying to find anyone related, he married Elizabeth Howard and lived in Hull.

A memory of Normanton-on-Cliffe by Eira Waite

I was born in Old Argent Street 1945 (VJ Day), only one in Grays as my old mum used to tell everyone, she was so proud of that, living in a 2 up, 2 down, mum, dad, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, overcrowded, nah, we got by. We spent summers ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Victor Chaplin

Smokey Joe, the tramp of Misterton, Somerset, lived in an old stone building just past the chapel cemetery. He would make a  fire and sleep on the hot ashes, it's a wonder he never caught ...Read more

A memory of Misterton in 1955 by Angela. Doble

My maternal grandfather was born in Stockton on Tees in 1892.  His father died, and his mother remarried resulting in him being farmed out to live with two maiden aunts who lived in "Tarset".  My brother and I have tried in vain ...Read more

A memory of Tarset Burn in 1900 by Gail Nunn

It's a bit unfair to say my memory is from 2000, as it actually goes back to when I was born (1980) and only ends last year (2008). My earliest memories are of being at my Aunty Stella's. She wasn't really an ...Read more

A memory of Denton Burn in 2000 by Aidan Henderson

My Grandparents moved to Welbeck Colliery Village about 1926, when my mother was 10 years old, and stayed in the same house at the bottom of Elkesley Road until they went into care in the 1970s. ...Read more

A memory of Meden Vale by Christine Davies

My Grandma was born and grew up in Balallan. Her grandfather (My great-great grandfather) Montgomery? started the first school in Balallan.

A memory of Balallan in 1890