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Hello, I was just taking a look online at the churches etc in Goldenhill. My late father, James - Jim to many - was buried in St Johns graveyard way back in 1961, hence the interest. Much to my surprise, I saw a ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1950

I lived in Marple Grove from 1945 until 1965 - we used to go into the back fields and either play in the brook at the top near Park Road, or in the next field with a lot of pipes. There was a strong rope suspended from the ...Read more

A memory of Stretford by Irene Rawlinson

We moved to 30 Dean Road in 1948 and I went to St Andrews school then onto Dudden Hill Secondry Modern School. Our flat had a side entrance which came out onto Grove Road. We also used to play out in the road with my 2 brothers Ron and ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1948 by Peter Ashby

The property was once residential and was originally called ''Gladstone villa'' apparently named after the former liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone (1808-1898). The Jones family ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed by Andrew Dexter

My paternal grandfather (Waters) was the baker at the Bell House. I remember the bakery well as I used to travel down from Swanley in Kent on the coach with Dad (Mum stayed at home with my younger siblings) to visit my ...Read more

A memory of Wickhambreaux in 1961 by Jackie Pile

Hi all, I was in Stanhope from 1970 to 73 I remember lots of bad things about the place but also some good times. There was a few good teachers but most would be jailed now for what they did to some of the kids then. I remember ...Read more

A memory of St John's Chapel in 1970 by John Wanless

I was born in '47 at West Mid so a pre NHS baby boomer (just). I have been looking on Google maps at our old house in Staines Road. It looks so much much smaller though it is a 3 bed detached. It is next to what was Hollygrove ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Howard Sanders

My wife, Brenda, and I have fond memories of the Major Oak. On 7th November 1959 I drove in thick fog to Sherwood Forest and found that the sun was shining there. I led Brenda into the hollow trunk of the tree (access was ...Read more

A memory of Edwinstowe in 1959 by Terence Scarborough

I grew up on the Braes o Tullymet and the past was all around me. We lived in the former manse of the Baptist Chapel - why had a chapel been built in such an out of the way place? By the chapel was an old drove road, I could ...Read more

A memory of Tulliemet by Jane Banner

This lovely cottage in the village street at the bottom of Drove Road was where locals could leave their bicyles while going to school or on the bus. Unfortunately it was 'modernised', most probably in the 1960's, and is now unreconisable.

A memory of Chilbolton in 1950