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My father c e l dance P/o navigator was based@ dishforth chris spoke fondly of his crew (he died2002 Ex Worcester grammar SCH (think he did a spell in Canada too)I'm chris his son got his maps etc I'm Now in my 70s but getting war ...Read more

A memory of Helperby in 1941 by Chris Dance

my dad Henry Peter bull and his 2sisters grew up in eltham green road .i have heard many stories includung the doodlebugs landing nearby.dad has dementia now and i am looking for photos of eltham which bought me here !i remember many visits to my grandparents home until i was 7 .

A memory of Eltham in 1940

My dad was born in Howden Clough but he had a rag warehouse at the Smithies cross roads opposite the Grey hound pub. He used to buy old clothing and rags from people known as 'totters' or from householders who took them to him. ...Read more

A memory of Birstall in 1960 by Peter Armitage

I remember the passenger ferry terminal well during the late 1940's. I lived with my family in Wakefield Street which was a ten minute walk away with my little legs - I was 4 or 5 at the time! We had so much freedom in ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1948 by Keith Henry

The last name on the World War 1 memorial in Leigh Church is Rifleman William Winkworth. Mr Winkworth from Ashford in Kent was for a time a baker at Dawes Green ,Leigh. He married Bessie ...Read more

A memory of Leigh by Roy Livermore

I was wondering if anyone had information around the year 1924 October? My Dad was born in Dunstable on October 7th 1924, but he and his parents and sister moved to Canada when my Dad was 3 years old. Any information/photos would be very much appreciated of that time. Thank you

A memory of Dunstable in 1920 by Dawne White

My father, William Walter Inge (1907 -1991), was born here. He was one of two boys and three girls, and always had fond memories of Holmwood, so much so that the house I was born in, in Rugby, was named Holmwood, too. I'd love to know, does the house still stand and what does it look like now?

A memory of Holmwood Corner by Charles Inge

THIS WAS MY DADS OLD SCHOOL HE TOLD ME THE HEADMASTERS NAME WAS MR SALMOND HE USED TO WALK FROM TRESCOTT TO GET TO THIS SCHOOL EVERY DAY/NIGHT,HIS NAME WAS LEONARD CROYDON

A memory of Trysull by David Croydon

The Morris Minor in the photograph looks like my father's first car. He lived and close by In Cock Green till around 1997. I believe I was was driven about in that car as a baby. I am now 51.

A memory of Great Parndon by Mr D Chalk

Both of my parents came from Lowestoft, my Dad William Elder lived in Kirkley Street and was born in 1919. My Mum Iris Coleman lived in St Peters Street. Her Grandfather was on the lifeboats and they used to live I think in Spurgeons Score ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft