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i was born in ings ave spotland in 46,all my side of the family were italian immigrants the came over late 1800s and lived on what was locally known as the mount ie rope st.my dad and grandad worked as a street organ player and ice cream vendor ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale by lenniecapuano34

Such a lovely Village back in them ol' days !! I was born in Careys Wood in 61. Lavish memories of playing in Moodys Farm field (stories of Elephants being buried there ??) Wonderful Mr. Sheppard in his shop dishing out ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield

For a small rural community Cold Ash was a busy village in the 1950s. Collins’ Farm, three shops, four pubs, a coal merchant, and two garages all provided local employment. In addition the Convent with its farm ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

I was also a pupil there when it was a boarding school, Loved it in the winter great for tin lidding down the hills ending up in the bramble bushes, or in bamboo bushes, ! Also I remember the headmaster loved using the ...Read more

A memory of Bardon Mill by Bonnie01 Frandsen

Here's another set of memories about Walhose Junior School as I promised. In 1955, I moved from John Wood C of E Infants up to the Church of England's own junior school which was located on the New Penkride Road. I ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

From the age of about 5 (I'm now 69) I use to fish this lake for tench, carp and roach. Then in the winter of 62/63 I would ice skate on it from Boxing Day 62 to march 63 - what a winter that was. ...Read more

A memory of Southampton by rlbicker

Seems a lifetime away. I remember being in the Girl Guides 'marching' around the diocese in between 2 bands, then ending up back at St Thomas' Church Ardwick Green. Scallops that were really just large flat chips, ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick

Worked on the 5th/6th floor of Central House for several years in the late 60s /early 70s for the Inland Revenue. The 7th floor was occupied by Commercial Union Insurance Company and the 3rd and 4th floors by ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by d_brown6

When I was sixteen (1967) I worked at the Eaton Stud and one of the large paddocks was called the Crook of Dee ,each winter it would flood so was never used or able to be used for for grazing , the flooding was looked on as a ...Read more

A memory of Crook of Dee by allanperry1

I was born in 1940 and lived for the first 20 years of my life in Church Road Notholt, my grandfather built the house in which we lived together with many others in that road. I started school in 1945 in a wooden hall ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by roydenison