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I moved to Kinver St at about the age of 2, was adopted by Stan Weston, a glass blower, at the age of five. Spent many happy days playing on Fox Hill even remember the cut being dredged and we used to get the coal that was ...Read more

A memory of Kingswinford by Ray Weston

A miner's family from Blaenrhondda - Watkins - were lodgers in the late 1930's with my parents living in Colindale, Hendon, NW London. I was born in 1926 and when I was ten the idea came for me to stay for a holiday in ...Read more

A memory of Blaenrhondda in 1930 by Sidney Holt

I was born in the house right opposite this shop, there was a butchers next door to our house. I remember the shop when it was owned by Mr Stevens in 1946. My father helped make ice cream in the back of the shop, he would then place it ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Colin Wall

Eight months after I had my first baby Nadia Kersey-Brown, I went to live with my parents Clifford and Kay McLaglen at "Lock Ahoy" over-looking the Lock. I stayed from April 1967 until Jan 1968 and ...Read more

A memory of Staines by Cynthia Mc Laglen

Sellincourt school memories. Hi everyone! My name is Nusrat Khan and I attended Sellimcourt Primary school during the early 1970's and what a brilliant decade that was! I lived above my dad's dry ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1974 by Nusrat Khan

My father, Charles Axford, found a mine on the beach in the morning. As it was a hot summers day he carried it into the back room upstairs of the Watch House as he knew many people would be coming & informed ...Read more

A memory of Porthpean in 1944 by Christine Dodgson (Nee.Axford)

I grew up in Tillard St. Kirkdale. I remember we always had to use the back door when we left the house as kids, so the neighbours would not see we had no lino in the hall. (probably no body else had any anyway) I was a ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1955 by John Sumner

I was born in Herts Hill. Holly Hall 64 years ago in a house on the main road next door but one to the Doctors, the doctors name was Dr. McCormack. Opposite was a pub called The Stag. My father and his brothers ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill by Christine Turner

I lived on Sutton flats from 1965 until 1975. lived in Crompton house, it was a good place to grow up, safe everyone knew each other. I can remember playing in the Rocket and Mickey Mouse parks, there was a playground in the middle of ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Stuart Wallace

I was born at 12 Lyndhurst Ave Southall on January 1941. My parents moved into this property in the late 30s. I remember a bit of the war when I was about three or four as we had a shelter in the back garden as ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Eric Wedderburn