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My dad, Ken, was born 13 May 1938 in the front bedroom of 5 Gallards Hill - he was the youngest son to Sidney and Gladys Taylor. My grandad spent almost all his life in the Leicestershire Regiment. During ww2 my grandad was ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town by Caroline Taylor

I think this photo must be earlier than 1965, as the bridge at the bottom of Salisbury Lane has not yet been built across the brook - it's still a ford. If you look in the other photo dated c.1965, the bridge has by then been ...Read more

A memory of Over Wallop by Katherine Webb

I spent my national service 1955/1956 in nearby RAF BOULMER and though many years have passed since i still recall very happy memories of days and nights in Alnwick and of the people there who were some of the nicest friendly people i ...Read more

A memory of Alnwick by Terry Croft

I have an old "Farmer and Stock Breeders" magazine, dated Monday 9th September 1929 The front cover has a picture of Mr Jowitt and his prize winning boar "Norsbury Woodman 8th". His address is Strode Manor, Bridport, Dorset. I know this is a little later, but it might help?

A memory of Strode Manor by Maurice Parkinson

If I'm not mistaken this is a picture of Lydney secondary modern school , I attended there in 1962 until I was 13 . Not a very happy time for me , I was a very nervous boy and didn't fit in very well. We moved later to ...Read more

A memory of Lydney by peter_john_green

My great grandfather, Robert Stephenson, birth date 13 June 1853 was born in one of the Stony Heap Cottages, Greencroft, Happyland, County Durham. He was baptised on 17 July 1853, in Lanchester. His father was William ...Read more

A memory of Stony Heap by grabs

Hi Guys , Another piece of East End literature from Vic B , I was thinking back the other day of the things that made me laugh as a youngster growing up in the East End although it must have applied to the whole ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

Due to the closure a few years ago of Litcham Museum, an album of Tittleshall photos many with negatives were discovered and even more recently the death of a life long Tittleshall resident has produced a large number of ...Read more

A memory of Tittleshall by daveoldschool2009

The date on this photo is inaccurate. I joined Brentwood School in September 1963, at which time Hough House wasn't even started. From memory, it was not completed until about 1964 or 65. Godfrey Thomas (Geography teacher) was ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood by weeeeed2009

There've been about 2 feet of snow out there and it's about minus 10 deg, so I thought I'd stay in the warm and catch up on what everyone's been saying and better understand/manipulate - sometimes not so easy - this website ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Colin Newberry