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I was 5 or 6 years old the first time my Grandmother took me to Llangwynadl, we stayed at Glany Mor right at the end of the lane. The following year we went again but stayed at the pink cottage owned by Mr & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Llangwnnadl in 1942 by Audrey Wynn

I was born at N o6 Henconner Road, Leeds 7, on November 26th 1951. My primary school was Chapel Allerton County Primary, and I vaguely remember the trams running through Chapel Allerton as they passed the school. ...Read more

A memory of Chapel Allerton in 1951 by Mick Hudson

My earliest memories were of the surrounding streets, Barmore and Ingrave, York Road and especially the "Monkey Stairs", a set of steps off both York and Lombard Roads leading to flats on the first ...Read more

A memory of Clapham in 1950

This takes me back. I had a Friday night/Saturday job there when I was 14 in the Tesco store. Great fun, and all that money - £1 5s!! My dad was greengrocery buyer for Tesco in those days and we went all over the north to visit ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by Rosie Brierley (Nee Hodge)

My Mum, Elizabeth Crawford married Dad and went to live in London.....I was brought to Kirkconnel at a month old and baptised in the Parish Church......every year we came up with Dad's motor bike and sidecar ...Read more

A memory of Kirkconnel in 1950 by Sarah Butt

I would place the date of the photo, earlier than 1965 as I moved into No 11 in 1958 with my parents as the first owners. I got married in 1962 and moved across to my wife's house in Chrisdory Road in 1962 and I'm sure ...Read more

A memory of Mile Oak in 1958 by Robin Hurst

"Mister, what are you doing", reply, "just painting", "yer, I can do better then that", "yes, I think you can, hehe". I found out later it was it the great S Lowry, I was only13, yes I was born Salford and have many great memories, I now live in Thailand.

A memory of Salford in 1955 by Larry Farrell

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton

I lived on Farm Road behind the police station facing the court house. There were so many lovely old buildings on the Square that I remember. The most prominent one for me was the sweet shop, it had such beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Pontlottyn in 1960

I was born at the hospital in Shorncliffe but lived first in the 'stone block' then in the tin town bungalows at Reachfields. All of the army families who lived there were happy as the bungalows were comfortable. Reachfieds was ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1959 by Kathryn Anson