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Have just come back from a visit to Gilfach Goch, it looks so different now. I wonder if anyone out there remembers my late husband and I living in an old caravan at the top of Holly Street? We held some meetings for ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1957 by Meta Price

I was born in this hospital on Valentines day 1949. My parents, Dutch, were working for family Blackmore, at Foxly Manor, Maidenhead, Holyport. Unfortunately, I have no memory about this period, as my parents took me back to Holland ...Read more

A memory of Taplow in 1949 by Mike Hoveling

This isn't exactly a memory,I am hoping to find people who knew my father, DAVID MCCONNELL. He grew up on The Warren and went to school in Gronant around the 1950s. He had two sisters, Edith ...Read more

A memory of Gronant in 1957 by Laura Mcconnell

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 remember living at the back of the children's home in Oakwood Drive, Rothwell and children getting used fireworks from our garden. Nobody seems to remember the childrens home, but I remember it and then Home Lea Home and houses being built.

A memory of Rothwell in 1958

I remember having a donkey ride at the back of Kennards, by the arcade, which was a real treat for me. Also having my ears pierced in the arcade and you could smell the incense from the indian shop. Going to Surrey Street ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Barbara Saunders

I was a school boy in Cashel school between 1958 and 1964. I passed the 11 plus and that took me to St Michael's in Enniskillen. School was tough enough in Cashel. Mrs Brady was inclined to slap for bad spelling or getting ...Read more

A memory of Cashel by Joe Gallagher

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

Our parents used to take us for picnics on the Banks. In those days we had nets and used to be allowed to catch the butterflies and identify them. My father taught us the names of the wild flowers, there used to be wild ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1963 by Caroline Smyth

My stepfather grew up in Carshalton, and because he had to travel a great deal in his work, I lived on The Causeway in Carshalton with my step-grandmother. I attended Hackbridge Infants School, and Hackbridge School for Girls. I would ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1963 by Debra Robles