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We were moved to Brasshouse Lane School as we had nowhere else to go. Mom and Dad were there for quite a few weeks, I went to stay at my Gran's house but I was not there long as two bombs were dropped in the ...Read more

A memory of Smethwick in 1942 by Ray Moon

I was born in Ferrers Rd (behind Ice Rink in Streatham). Moved to Kempshott Rd at beginning of the sixties, it was the road past the Pied Bull pub and South London Motors (a huge car sales place) was on the corner. Spent ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1966

Can anyone tell me when the Black Bull and the Cross Keys got pulled down to make way for the Roundabout and junctions of Kendry, Ardsley, Wombwell and Lundwood. It was at the Cross Keys where my wife and I, had our ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1973 by Roland Mitchell

Great times at Taylor High with Mick Logan, Kev Hastings and Mark O'hara etc.. I remember the time I went up on the flats (across from Taylor High) and got a big chunk of wet moss from a drain. I waited for Mick ...Read more

A memory of New Stevenston in 1984 by Mick Blair

I came across this photo by chance, and it brought back a lot of memories when I lived there in the 1960's. I was born in Farnborough Hospital in 1952 and lived in Northlands Avenue until I was thirteen or fourteen? Just ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1960 by Peter Nolan

Hi ya, my name is Lorretta - used to live in Belmont Road when I was growing up. I now live in Yeovil. I used to hang out with Wendy Booth and her sister Susan - lol, good times. I was in love with a guy called ...Read more

A memory of Taunton in 1860 by Lorretta Coles

My family moved to Cannons Green from London in 1953. We were viewed with some suspicion as there were few outsiders at that time. Who were we, why had we come there?! When I started at the primary school in 1956 my dad would sometimes ...Read more

A memory of Fyfield in 1953 by Joan Johnstone

I was born in the Flat above Lloyds Bank, Tudor Square, Tenby, Feb 1950 and recall being raised there. I recall the amazing views of the changing colours of the harbour and recall the church bells and chimes of the ...Read more

A memory of Tenby in 1950 by Garfield Smith

My Mother and I arrived in 1974, from a divorced Warrington and the dilapidation of the north-west. Merrily drinking tea and eating custard tarts in the bare miners' cottage living room, sitting in a deck chair and eating from a ...Read more

A memory of Gwespyr in 1977 by James Harrison

I used to go along to Ffynnongroyw to play with my mate Mark Mellor at his parents which was the chip-shop. I remember playing on the beach and the old dock/railway buildings for hours on end. One day we found lots of 'jelly ...Read more

A memory of Ffynnongroyw by James Harrison