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I can also remember people like Billo and Vernon, Will Och, Lawrence the black, and cafes like the Corner House, Servini's, Ferrari's, Belli's fish and chips, and Viazzani's in the old Water Street. Also Johnsons factory in Henshaw ...Read more

A memory of Port Talbot in 1960 by Brian Brown

I have lived at BrynGwenallt Hall since 2000 and I'm ten at the moment so it's really fun for inviting friends around and playing in and out the house. It's not like it used to be though obviously, we have really modernised it ...Read more

A memory of Pensarn in 2011 by Louis De Gregory

W O O D P L U M P T O N A place, a name or a sentence? Almost Welsh in its length and complexity, the name conveys the notion of the idyllic countryside, natural food and a well fed community. In ...Read more

A memory of Woodplumpton in 1956 by Peter Scott

We lived at the old rectory, and a strange bunch we were...brothers Sinbad, Sadko and Gulliver. It is a pity it got burnt down! So many memories...we all went to the school with the marvellous Mr Gibson and also the local fantastic Doctor Walford. I also remember our lovely Vicar, Canon Hill.

A memory of Leverington by Sheba Gray

I was born in 1944 in Great Haywood, Staffordshire, but grew up in Notting Hill. I lived in a prefab in Lancaster Road, W.11. My childhood was full of happy memories and although, as with everyone ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1954 by Christine Pitcher

I used to live at this address with my grandparents from about this time for about 6 years but also used to visit afterwards. My grandparents lived in this rather imposing house which I believe used to be a farm ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1950 by Sandra Denton

I must have been about six when I stayed at Clements Hall with my brothers Edwin and Terry in the 1950s. Christine story brought back memories. I also remember the geese, the matron often made me sit on the step to shell the peas. ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1956 by Gillian Mower

I went to Oughtrington Infants and Oughtrington Juniors between 1968 and 1974. I do not recall to two schools being next door to each other with the caretakers house in between? The Infants was on Sandy Lane opposite the Post ...Read more

A memory of Lymm in 1969 by Mark Marsland

I remember moving to Aldfield when I was 8 years of age. We moved into Yew Tree House...When I say moved in, that is not strictly true. We lived in a caravan in front of the house initially, whilst the house was renovated. The ...Read more

A memory of Aldfield in 1971 by Victoria Runton

I knew Gordon Speck's granddad and his second wife, also their daughter Helen. His granddad used to teach music and singing in the Westlyan chapel when I was a child, At 12 years old I was confined to bed for two years and it was ...Read more

A memory of Abergwynfi by Valerie Watkins