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I was born in 16 Dagmar Avenue. Then moved to 95 Oakington Manor Drive when I was 4. Our house at OMD backed onto the stadium and I remember I was in the garden when England ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by ukpa

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

The house in the foreground is not the post office as the title of this postcard suggests, the post office is actually across the road in the background of the shot. The main house in the photo was known as Pink House and was ...Read more

A memory of Waterrow by hilarygunn

Joseph Buckley my great great grandfather, was a photographer, known as Owd Ab from the Ben Brierley character. ​In Volume 1 of Ben Brierley's “Lancashire Stories”, is another short tale “A "Strike" Adventure or The ...Read more

A memory of Daisy Nook by bigcityfan

Lived in Sampford 1952 - 1977 and went to Sampford Primary School 1957-63. The school had three classes, Mr Vickery, the headmaster, taught the oldest pupils, Miss Michelmore, a middle-aged lady (in 1960) the middle ...Read more

A memory of Sampford Peverell by fvoisey

i was born and brought up in Moore this is a picture of the old post office that was run by my aunt and uncle Jim and Josie Woods ,the little boy is there son Maurice who is my cousin Margaret Evans is with the dog and i believe ...Read more

A memory of Moore by 1744jude

The photo of the Market Cross takes me back to two memories, of 1970 & 1975. On & off, I lived on the Hillmead estate from the '60's to late '70's. June 1970 - the town is full of young people, with ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer

I came to Crowboroughwhen I was eight in 1942. My father who was in the army had been posted to the area. Initially for a few weeks we rented the Beacon School ( it must have been during the holidays as no one was there ) I ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough by johnhayward0

I remember going into the Book Club while waiting for the bus to go down Crowborough Hill. We occasionally missed the bus if we got too engrossed in a book. We used to get off the bus from Tunbridge Wells and then take ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough by mikebuck08

My name is Alan Moore and I was born at No.7 Church Street on the 18th December 1944. Apart from 12 years I spent down Bolton on Dearne, I have lived all my life in Thurnscoe, and that I am proud of. I was a Co-op milkman ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe by moorealan040