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I was born in 1941 and as a child, lived at Park Head Row, Birdsedge. There was little traffic then and we used to play hopscotch on the main road. Around the age of three, whilst swinging on our garden gate, I vividly remember the ...Read more

A memory of Birds Edge in 1944 by Janice Haigh

I started work for Mr and Mrs Judge at Nordham as a groom for Ballymore, a racehorse who had broken his leg. I spent a happy year riding this wonderful horse, many miles all over the East Riding. I also had a ...Read more

A memory of North End

My father built most of the houses on Blaen-y-Pant, including our house, Bryn Dene. Initially there were houses built in 1937 on the Avenue, the Place and the Crescent. It was a private development of good quality ...Read more

A memory of Blaen-y-cwm in 1947 by Vivienne Williams

I lived in the Northwood Hills area until 1968. My father was a postman at Northwood Post Office in the 1950's (now a restaurant). My grandfather was caretaker of the Oaklands Gate Methodist Church during the late 50's and 60's ...Read more

A memory of Northwood by David Jenkins

When I was 18 years old, back in that horrible winter of 1963, I used to live for a while with my aunt and uncle, Norah and Pat Kelly, who ran The Weymouth Arms in Warminster. At that time they were also involved in the running ...Read more

A memory of Warminster in 1963 by Ted Cole

Someone mentioned the outdoor pool. We used to go there all the time in summer. I was up by Purley airport. I can remember also there was a scare about polio and my Mom wouldn't let us go there at that time.

A memory of Purley in 1954 by Liz Williams

My father was transferred from a North East Mining Community,to a beautiful place called Biddulph.While he worked hard in the pits,we enjoyed many long days playing in some of the most wonderful places of ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph in 1962 by Elizabeth Graham

1942 was the year that my mother, Ethel Tyreman (nee Davidson) and sister Iris and brothers Harry, Fred, Frank and myself Eric, moved to Grosmont when our Whitby home was hit by German bombs. My dad, Fred, was a ...Read more

A memory of Grosmont in 1942 by George Tyreman

Can anyone remember a Walter and Matilda Cole, who lived at 84 Cowick Road from 1937-1959? Matilda sometimes called herself Lilian Cole. Matilda died in 1959 in Balham Hospital, and then it looks like Walter Cole went into ...Read more

A memory of Tooting

My family (Hall) took the lease out on Greenway Farm in the 1850's. I visited this, and Galmpton (3/4 of a mile away) which were Hall "haunts" for many years until the 1890's, when the family seems to have headed to ...Read more

A memory of Dittisham in 1860 by Quentin Hall