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Although I was born in Easington, my parents and I moved to Horden to live in the 'prefabs' at the Crossroads when I was four. I thought that the prefabs were great houses and was sad when my parents ...Read more

A memory of Horden by Carol Donald

Lived on the Estate up until it was demolished, we were then moved to Wimbledon. 7, Lowestoft House was our address, Lowestoft was at the bottom of the Estate near the railway. Went to St John's primary school in ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1966 by Roger Pettis

Can any one remember Cheyann. Turner Blacky Whitey was the Headmistress, Agard was in the laundry. I stood on that little yard a few times. Cons I remember are Hays P Parry the Mc Murrys from Hull. I went down the super car ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1960 by Tony Brown

My first school was Botany; now a house. Children from the local villages went to Botany School until they reached the age of ten, then to Chedworth School. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Calcot in 1940 by Dorothy Lawrence

I was born in 1946 and lived in Lamport Street, just off Warwick Street in Toxteth. We lived there until I was about 6 years of age. Because of town planning we had to move to Hawkstone Street but what I remember of ...Read more

A memory of Toxteth in 1950 by Richard Green

I remember sliding down the slag bing on breadboards we stole from behind the Co -op on Westwood Road. My granny lived on Westwood Road near the sweetie shop which was later bought by Dan McArdle. My granny's house had an outside ...Read more

A memory of Newmains in 1962 by James Campbell

My family lived in Dulverton in the 1950s. Both parents were hairdressers and we sold sweets and tobacco as well as drapery and ice cream from our shop on the High Street. We had the first chewing gum machine and you used an ...Read more

A memory of Dulverton in 1953 by Joy Walker

Hi I'm Mike Foster and I was born in Chalfont St Peter in Feb 1936. My mother who had two children; me and my sister, had no where to live. She was offered by some charitable source a two up two down home on the main road ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1940 by Michael Foster

On My Finedon website I received this e mail. As an expatriot I thought you would like a message. I was born in Finedon in 1912, and left for Canada in 1928. I lived in Placketts Yard and Ivy Lane. Attended the infants ...Read more

A memory of Finedon by Peter Munton

Do you remember seeing a field of giant mangel wurzels in Finedon? When I was still a lad, Finedon farmers were still following a fifteenth century practice of growing the huge white and yellow beetroots for cattle food. I ...Read more

A memory of Finedon by Peter Munton