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This picture is the memorable part of our route, a walk from Belle Vue where I lived until the late fifties. My father would take me for walks on Sundays when the weather was good, which it seemed to be most of the time, we would ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1940 by Geoffrey Lowe

At the moment I am 66 years old. I lived at Newton St Cyres from 1950 to 1952. My father worked at J. G. Quicke's farm where in 1952 he was unfortunately killed and my mother and I returned to Cornwall. I can ...Read more

A memory of Newton St Cyres in 1951 by Mike Trevenna

My parents ran the New Inn (now The Nobody Inn) when my grandmother died, and we moved from Higher Ashton to take over the tenancy. The Pub was owned by the St Annes Well Brewery who operated from Exeter. Many memories flow ...Read more

A memory of Doddiscombsleigh in 1940

I went to school in Newton on Trent when I was 7. The head teacher was Mrs Moore. There was a Big room and a Little Room. The Little Room had a Wendy House...and I remember reading a book about and boy who ...Read more

A memory of Newton on Trent in 1955 by Gillian Emerton

Looking at this photo, I'm taken back to summers on that beach full of pebbles and the cafe shown with its novel smell, something like milky coffee!  At about this time Abergele had a cinema, upstairs in the market ...Read more

A memory of Abergele in 1965 by Jane Williams

I lived at number 90 Stanley Road from 1964 until 1985. My dad worked at the Gas Board at the top of the road where the gas holder always seemed to dominate the skyline. Although it was an ugly building it was part of South Harrow ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1964 by Paul Cook

My grandad, Terry Chalk, was born in Seale sometime around the early 1940s. His father lived in Seale, and worked in the farm there. Terry later left and  married Jane Mitchell, and now they live in Ramsgate. Kent, ...Read more

A memory of Seale in 1950 by Iesha Chalk

My father, Ken Hatton, worked as a surveyor with Cementation, a civil engineering company from Bentley Nr. Doncaster. They were driving a water tunnel under the Trough of Bowland. At that time we lived in Clitheroe ...Read more

A memory of Slaidburn in 1951 by Stan Hatton

I was born in Cilfyfnydd in 1948, I lived in a house with my aunt, cousin, grand parents and my parents. I went to school in Ann Street and had other relations in the street. My dado and uncles worked in the pit and one ...Read more

A memory of Cilfynydd by Angela Cook

Though I was not born in Scotland, I have been back many times and always end up in the town my family was a big part of. My parents, grandparents and g-grandparents have always been a part of the woollen mills and my mother ran the ...Read more

A memory of Walkerburn in 1940 by Carolyn Tait