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I moved to Boot in 1952 when I was one. My father, John Heap, was the manager of the Burnmoor Inn, which was owned in partnership by his mother, Ruth Hargreaves, and Sid Cross. They also owned The Old Dungeon Ghyll in Langdale. I ...Read more

A memory of Boot in 1956 by Peter Heap

Some time ago I read with great interest in a local paper that the pool at Arley had been restored.   My formative years were happily spent at Green Lodge on the green were I was born in 1932.  My father lived there for ...Read more

A memory of Arley by Peter Astles

This is a view from the east side of the valley looking towards Holcombe Hill and the Peel Monument. The tower was erected in memory of Sir Robert Peel who repealed the Corn Laws in about 1846. The hill is a favourite local ...Read more

A memory of Ramsbottom in 1955 by John Tomlinson

My great aunt Carrie (Wills) was born in Farnham and lived at No1 Bratton Villas all her life.  Her father worked as a carriage upholsterer and all the children were born in the house, which was a small 2/3 bedroomed terrace.  When I was a ...Read more

A memory of Farnham by oakley347

My family lived at the Book Shop in the middle of the photograph from 1961 to 1981, it was a shop that seemed to me to sell everything, newsagents, sweet shop, chemists, haberdasherers as well as selling books. I was 6 years old ...Read more

A memory of Berry Hill in 1965 by Alison Jones

MY PATERNAL ANCESTORS CAME FROM TURTON AND QUARLTON, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS. JAMES GARTSIDE OF TURTON MARRIED JANE ISHERWOOD OF QUARLTON AT BOLTON PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER IN 1730. THEY HAD AT ...Read more

A memory of Turton Bottoms by Carolyn Wilson

I remember going to Critchelows corner shop to get my sweets before I went to school, I also remember walking across the fields with my brother to get to Blurton Road Chemist because that was the only one in Blurton at the time ...Read more

A memory of Blurton by Eileen Nicklin

I remember attending cubs in Faygate Village Hall back in around 1964-66. I think the building had some corrugated iron sheets on the roof or on the walls and I think there was a petrol station next to it. We lived at ...Read more

A memory of Faygate in 1964 by Kevin Mann

I was born in Fernham in 1936 in the thatched cottage on the green (now known as Corner Cottage, opposite the church), as was my mother before me. The house was my grandmother's, Mrs Mary Brown. My grandfather Harry ...Read more

A memory of Fernham in 1940 by Terry White

I worked here and the manager was Mr Tremaine, good times then. The boy who worked the lights was Len Bowgen who lived at The Brook, Chatham but emigrated to America. I used to sell ice creams in the interval.

A memory of Gillingham in 1950