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I Join the Railway In the summer of 1953, my Aunt and Uncle were staying with us for their holiday. It must have been my Uncle who first spotted the advertisement in the Dartmouth ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

Loved my time in Woodley great growing up year's, great friends Joe i'malley Tony Mann Martin green Pete Hughes Steve Minnis malc m'cloed and many others loved the football in the village Woodley athletic boot & ...Read more

A memory of Woodley by mikeadshead8

I was born over the shop at 1, High Street, then a MacFisheries where my Grandad was the manager until he retired at the end of October, 1956. We stayed there, with the shop closed, until moving to Downland Way, Tattenham Corner in ...Read more

A memory of Tadworth by William Armstrong

I'm always interested to read memories of Gildersome. I have just visited in October 2018. Just a short visit but it certainly hasn't changed in some respects. The streets are narrower from what I remember but street lane and ...Read more

A memory of Gildersome by katestengl

The Mystery Bridge across the Mill Brook in Baguley. I was born in September 1946 and lived in Overdale Road Benchill before moving to Fouracers Road in Baguley about 1951. The Lanes, Farms ...Read more

A memory of Wythenshawe by christopher.bowden

First stayed there in 1951. My dad rented the chalet opposite the green corrugated Chapel aside of the sandy path which lead to the beach. Apart from the shop and chippy there was a Welcoast ice cream kiosk on the corner that ...Read more

A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by ukip.lowe29

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

RECOLLECTIONS OF ASH VALE By Lt Col Taylor Ash Vale, viewed from the main route through it the Frimley and Ash Vale roads would not have appeared to alter a lot during the last 100 years. Houses do now ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale by nemeton2

My first job working in grocery joining the first cut price supermarket of its time giving green shield stamps , and the big flood in Mill street in1960-61 does anyone remember this . Terry Moore from Kidderminster. ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster by terry.moore26

1935: went to Crowland Rd. School till 1939 - lived in Gladesmore Rd. Moved to Pelham Road 1939 with brother Derek and sister Connie. Started at Seven Sisters school. Evacuated to Baldock, I contracted diphtheria, thankfully ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1940 by John Harvey