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At the age of 11 we moved here & a group of us could always be found (gambling our pocket money at cards) on the steps in the photo. It always amazed us the number of tourists who would enter the close asking ...Read more

A memory of Edinburgh in 1957 by Ian Tant

We arrived in Newcastle in September 1955, from Malay, (Malaysia) where we were housed in that fortification of red brick buildings: Fenham Barracks. After a couple of weeks I eventually became acclimatised ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1954

My first memories were of Krumlin where my mum worked at Krumlin mill as a piece burler & mender. (I remember the boiler house at the mill with the big steam engine that turned all the ...Read more

A memory of Triangle in 1953 by Martin Wood

1932. I was born at Canada house, 10th March, I was put in an Royal Naval Orphanage 1936, now Penbroke House Gillingham and went to school at Barnsole Road I think. And then I went to Forge Lane Junior school in 1939/40.Anyone out there who has any connections like to hear.

A memory of Gillingham in 1930

I was born in Bradford 1947 and grew up at Redcar Road. I remember Glovers the newsagents on the corner of this photo and across the road in New Line just down from the Roebuck pub my mum took me on the bus ...Read more

A memory of Greengates in 1947 by Allan Fawcett

I am delighted to add a memory to this page. From 1952, (aged 5 years), I had T.B. and eventually went in January 1958, for 6 months, to Heswall Childrens Hospital.I was in the Florence Gibson Ward, and was looked ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1958 by Linda Williams

I was evacuated to Walsingham and stayed with Mr & Mrs Nelson in Mount Pleasant. I attended the local school and then moved on to the school in Wells. Our neighbours were the son and his wife and a son called Charlie. The ...Read more

A memory of Little Walsingham in 1943 by Ronald Chorley

In March 1893, plans were approved to alter and enlarge the shop premises. The manager applied for a reduction in the working hours of the employees and this was granted. The store will be closed at 7pm ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong by Michael Meitiner

As a young student nurse at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington W2 - I recall fond memories of Joyce Grove where I undertook my initial six week training period, prior to joining the staff at St Mary's ...Read more

A memory of Nettlebed in 1950 by Margaret Mosley

My father, Dr Joe Hampson, was the Gp in Gilfach in the late 1930s/early 1940s. He was Irish and born in Lucan just outside Dublin. He qualified from the College of Surgeons in 1932. He met my mother, Frances Pugsley, ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1940 by Aidan Hampson