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Life began on 29th January 1944 in Bexleyheath. We lived in a small conjoined house at number 12 Rowan Road. Born to parents Leonard George and Dorothy Beresford just before the end of WW11. ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Paul Beresford

My name is Malcolm Ruscoe and was born in 1945 and lived all my single life in Weber Street, Collyhurst and I am now in my 70s. I am in the process of writing my biography for my grandchildren to read when I am no longer around to ask any ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by malcolm.ruscoe

Please does anyone know of a family from Falkirk in particular Walter Main Beck born November 11 1937. I have tried many times to trace him with no success. My name when I knew him was Joyce Bazen and I lived in Herrett street ...Read more

A memory of Epping by joycemghandour

Born in Oxford, I moved to Portsmouth in 1952. My Father was in the army department constabulary, now the MOD Police, and we lived at 9, then 8, then 13 York Terrace, Hilsea in married quarters, my Father was based ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Peter Whyatt

I never actually lived in Failsworth, though I regularly passed through it when I lived nearby. I was born in the Clarksfield area of Oldham and moved to Chadderton when I was five years old. Since researching my roots over the ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth by kix_soccer

I was born in HARLETON STREET off Battersea Bridge Road around the corner to Battersea Police Station. My grandparents llived there as young newly weds and grandma gave birth to 11 children in the same house. My father ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by sylviawitham5

I was born in Burslem and lived on Waterloo Road across from Macintyres pottery from 1949 until 1957 when we moved to Lancashire. Macintyres had a clock tower and we would check it in the morning before leaving for school. I began school ...Read more

A memory of Burslem by smlowe

We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher

The crocuses around Savile park Manor Heath and on the way to Scircoat Green were, and still are the first glorious sign of Spring in Halifax. The roundabouts and parks have always been especially lovely and ...Read more

A memory of Halifax by jane.heighton

I was born in charles street greenhithe there were 3 families in a 2 bed house it was my nans house mary foord my other nan lived at the back of the post office in greenhithe village my father and uncle used to sing in the railway ...Read more

A memory of Greenhithe