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I was born in Northcote Road just around from the Gloucester in 1947. My grandparents were Burtons. I lived there until we migrated to Australia in 1961. I have so many memories but have never been back to England. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1960 by Dorothy York

Hi, I remember living on the old Hanney Camp as a little boy; my family, mum, dad and I moved there from Wales when I was just 3 months old. That was in '46, a year later my brother John was born. I think we lived there until '52 ...Read more

A memory of Steventon in 1940 by Ronald Owens

I also remember Christmas1948, going out the side front door and seeing everywhere were covered with snow. It were so cold but it were beautiful. Now bonfire night were somethink else, we held our bonfire ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Herbert Mc Hugh

'Best on the coast' was the slogan on Arthur's motor cycle side car AND IT WAS NO MEAN CLAIM. I remember Arthur well - actually remember him starting back following an absence during the war.

A memory of Gwespyr by Ken Davies

I was born in Horsmonden in 1969, went to primary school in 1974 and left school 1980. We worked on all the surrounding farms in the village, hop training in the spring, strawberry picking and cherry picking in the summer, ...Read more

A memory of Horsmonden by Christopher Elliott

I used to attend Sunday school here in the early 1950's. We usually met in the hall across the car park but once or twice a month we would be in the church. Later in 1967 I was married here. I was in the Army at the time and ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley by Stephen Lawrence

I remember sliding down the slag bing on breadboards we stole from behind the Co -op on Westwood Road. My granny lived on Westwood Road near the sweetie shop which was later bought by Dan McArdle. My granny's house had an outside ...Read more

A memory of Newmains in 1962 by James Campbell

As I was approaching my 7th birthday at the end of November 1943, my mother (Nan Mackie) was taken from our row house home at 34, Briar Edge, Forest Hall, nr Newcastle-on-Tyne to Dilston Hall, Corbridge, where she gave birth to ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge in 1943 by Gwenneth Steward

My elder brother Peter was at Dockenfield School around 1944 and has similar bad memories of abuse whilst a student there. He had been placed in the school by well meaning parents to avoid the bombings of south east ...Read more

A memory of Dockenfield in 1940 by Christopher Farey

I very fond memories of my early school days as a child in the 1970s,the local first school,which i believe is still there,had only two teachers that i can remember,which was miss radcliff,and headmaster mr salsbury.We had ...Read more

A memory of Duncton by Giles Mceachern