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i was 5 years old at that time , my mum would take myself and my sisters on the bus from hengoed . every week to visit gran and granch. my grandparents lived in gilfach street ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Hengoed in 1955 by Carol Tucker

My mother says the two white pillars at the entrance to the Grand Hotel once supported an archway. During WW2 the Royal Navy housed sailors in the hotel who were bussed out each day. The bus was too tall to go under ...Read more

A memory of Lyndhurst in 1940 by Maggie Barnes

The War Memorial stood at the bottom of what was called the "Camels Hump" in "The Dean" - a wild adventure playground for all us kids. The Hump was used for sledging down in winter and ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1955 by Trevor Turner

Rothley is and always will be my home no matter where in the world i live, It is 36 Years since i resided on Woodgate my father is George Hunt, he owned the Barbers shop at no 19 untill his retirement almost 25 years ago. ...Read more

A memory of Rothley by Sandie Lee

This is the seat of the Biddulph family; it was built in the early sixteenth century, probably to replace an earlier Saxon, possibly fortified, house that has been identified on Bailey's Hill, to the south west of the Old Hall.  It was ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph by Lauren Hughes

Funny how some things stay with you all your life, and even when you leave a country you have grown up in, those memories follow you. It was the end of WW2, people were beginning to settle, 'ration books' ...Read more

A memory of Stalybridge by Phyllis Pearson

This dam on the river Scaur would be erected to power the mill,the big building to the right of the falls of which is now gone as is the dam When I was a boy water was taken from the left and used to power a turbine to generate ...Read more

A memory of Penpont by Hugh Turner

This photo shows Woodhill Road, the houses at the top of the picture, the road I was born in 1951. How the scene has changed over the years. Long gone are the power station chimneys and the old boating shed where my ...Read more

A memory of Portishead by Margaret Langford

I remember visiting this spot when I first moved to work in London. It is described in Nairn's London, as follows:- " A very fine passage called The Arches runs underneath Charing Cross station from Villiers Street to Craven ...Read more

A memory of London in 1969 by C Thomas

Hi, My name is Sonja Maria MacMasters. My Grandfather was Charles E. Stowell - Baron D`Eyncourt`- Banker. He had 10 children two sets of twins. One set made it to be l00 and had a telegram from the ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1880 by Sonja Mac Masters