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I lived at Doxford Farm from l948 to l954, my dad worked on the farm and we lived in one of the cottages that is still there today. The farmer's name was Archie Turnbull. My best friend was Kathleen who also lived in one of ...Read more

A memory of Doxford Newhouses in 1951 by Lorraine Preston

My great aunt, Evelyn Chapman, was a house mother at the Cottage Homes in Lanchester. We lived in Lanchester House, just opposite the homes, and I liked to go across and see the children.

A memory of Lanchester in 1953 by Marian Pallister

Now here's a place with some very happy memories. Beyond the field with the cows in was the BICC cricket ground (factory chimney in the background) - if you look closely the white building to the right of the ...Read more

A memory of Helsby in 1965 by Ian Champion

Hiya. I watched Palden's burn down, stood next to my grannie Nellie. We were standing at the corner of Humamby Avenue, near City Road, Hulme, where my family lived. From about a mile away you ...Read more

A memory of Hulme by Janice Nelson

I first visited whitstable with my parents when I was 8 in 1952 we came for a weeks holiday and stayed in a bed and breakfast in castle road whitstable. My parents were so impressed ...Read more

A memory of Whitstable in 1968 by Victoria Mason

Although I am still contact with some of my classmates, I can't forget that a number of things began for me at Clarendon - a love of the Bible; through it we were given foundation to which we can ...Read more

A memory of Abergele in 1960 by Yabe Bezabeh

As a boy of around 10 years old, every Saturday afternoon, my friends and I would go to the Palace Cinema (Farm Side Place, off Stockport Road) for the matinee. It would start around 2pm and it would be 6D to ...Read more

A memory of Levenshulme in 1959 by Daniel Heathcote

I actually now live in Pontymister, my house is just out of shot in this photo but you can see the fence, it's lovely to see how it used to be.

A memory of Pontymister by Irene Hayes

I was working at Bangor Docks as a painter of a Trawler called the Brizley; it was a wooden boat of about forty feet long. I had to sleep on the boat within the crews cabin of which was below deck. Now the thing about Bangor ...Read more

A memory of Maesgeirchen in 1983 by Roland Mitchell

I came on tonight to see the house I was living in when I left to come to America. I was amazed to see the Memories of St. Helens pictures etc. What a pleasure to see the pictures, and read some of the memories. I remember ...Read more

A memory of St Helens in 1946 by Joan Jory