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My name was June Singleton then, I was in Heswall from 1965 through to 1972, was on Agnes Hunt ward, had hip problems and spent a lot of time in a frog plaster, I had wheels put on so I could pull myself about, their ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1965 by June Maynard

Manchester the war.... then to Blackpool. And into Red Rose Cottage in 1950, Grandmare how she held us all together, what a lady Nellie Booth was her name... We started off with eight of us living in the cottage, and ...Read more

A memory of Staining in 1950

I am doing an ancestral search of the McLean family who hailed from Easdale - Agnes McLean, Domestic Servant born 1855 and married in Glasgow 1885 to Donald McDonald, a grain storeman. I am a ...Read more

A memory of Balvicar by Eleanor Macdonald

I believe I was there 1954 to 1956. Other girls were Maire Mc Keffitt, Brenda Dixon and Dymphna O' Brien. It was a very harsh life with strict nuns, little food and very little fun. I remember Fr Bennett. I did not know it ...Read more

A memory of Radford in 1954 by Mary Trepess

We moved from New Cross, Deptford just before the war to The Heights Northolt. As a child then, memories are now somewhat fragmented but that reflects the conditions that parents faced. As a child there seemed ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1940 by Peter Smith

We stayed in Coalburn for a month in late August/September 1970 to visit with my great aunt Agnes "Nance" Young on Bellfield Road. Met my penpal Linda Dempster. Joe McGill kept a bunch of young people busy and his mother gave us treacle ...Read more

A memory of Coalburn in 1970 by Pam Goold

'Uncle' Dougie Campbell was the baker at the Co op in the square, and 'Aunt' Agnes was a waitress in the restuarant. My mum and dad, Neil and Etta Barr, my sister Ann and I spent many ...Read more

A memory of Aberfeldy in 1957 by Linda Carmichael

Sliding down the pit heaps on some old pit belt,or old tin, Through the small bushes at the bottom. Playing on the swing in the woods over the beck Roast potatoes on the bonfire in the field. I remember David Coulson his ...Read more

A memory of Wingate by Adrian Alderton

My mother Janet Ravens, and her sister Gweneth, lived in South Woodford from 1943 to around 1958. I am researching her family tree and also trying to get together photos of the time in the places she lived. (She turns 70 next ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1944 by Sonia Beamish

Hi there- I am a researcher and my client is trying to piece together her late father's childhood. Born in 1925, John Askew was raised by his great grandmother, Agnes Askew (nee Grant). They lived in Glasgow ...Read more

A memory of Garelochhead by Rachel Guy