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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 father's family had holidayed in Tighnabruaich at the end of the 19th century. My parents, when young, stayed at Stronecarrick (end house next to boatyard) and at Lismore which was home of the Olding family. ...Read more

A memory of Tighnabruaich

I have lived in a part of Bridgend called The Saints since April 3rd 2013 with my two small children. It wasn't until the middle of May I noticed we were not alone in the house, the house has spirits. Believe it or not I am ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 2013 by Darcy Davies Jones

We lived at 18 The Bridle Road (off Foxley Lane) for many years. Attended Collingwood Boys' School (Wallington) - great school for punishments; Woodcote Secondary (like a holiday camp after Collingwood) and Purley Grammar ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1964 by Douglas Mitchell

My mother, Queenie Grounds, was the headmistress of Lynfield House School from 1946 until 1953, when we moved from Lynfield to The Homestead at the top of Sandringham Road, where it met Lynn Road. ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1946 by Valerie Curtiss (Grounds)

Loved reading some of the old posts on here....I was at Elmwood 1963-67....but most definitely glad to leave when I did. Thanks to everyone for their memories of the old place, just a shame it's all been "moderised" into ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge by Ron Thompson

1952 - 1970. I recognise most of the names mentioned, even after all this time. My family name was Elley and most of my family still live in Rhydyfelin. With my immediate family I have moved about a bit ...Read more

A memory of Rhydyfelin by Brenda Hughes

I was wondering if anyone who lives, lived or knows anything about Abercwmboi, would be able to give me some information on the old lodge house/ gate house? It is just before the Fern ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi by Sophie Hill

Not sure of the year. My grandparents ran a fish and chip shop in Stanfree and a small holding; their names were Clara and Fred Mallinder. They had a son, Walter, and a daughter, Winny. They sold up in the late 1940's and bought a ...Read more

A memory of Stanfree in 1948 by Linda Geraghty

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