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My grandparants lived at 5 Burns Drive in the 1970's. I remember my grandad taking me round the Silver Band Club, and through the woods to Studfall shops and sometimes to the swimming baths. My grandad was the club M.C at ...Read more

A memory of Kettering in 1975 by Keith Larbey

I was born in 1931, Middlesbrough. My parents were Thomas and Lily Hunt. My sister Sylvia, was born in 1937. From an early age, before and after Sylvia was born, mum would take us ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning in 1930 by Eric Hunt

In the 1950's, I forget, but I lived in Risley Avenue. I remember climbing every tree there, and people shouting that the radio license van was coming up the road. Of course everyone pulled their curtains and turned off the ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1953 by Fred Wright

I was born in Bucklow Hill outside Altrincham in 1945. I lived at 60, Cromwell Rd, Winnington Park. At the age of 5 I started to attend Winnington Park Junior School. I was living with my grandparents at the time. My ...Read more

A memory of Northwich by Ivan Kelsall

I lived in Wem for many years, my father and mother owned A E Rodger's painter and decorated and the wallpaper shop in Aston Street, then the High Street. I went to the infant and junior school and the secondary. I have lovely memories of ...Read more

A memory of Tilstock in 1960 by Lynn Taylor

My earliest memory of Stenhousemuir is standing on the go chair and my wee brother, Stephen, lying in it being pushed up the laundry hill crownest loan by my mam. We stayed in 75 Muirfield Road and at the age of six we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Stenhousemuir in 1960 by Gerard Henderson

My nan lived in Crestland Close. We shopped on the main street and bought lardy cake from the bakers/cafe next to the Post Office on King's Road. My grandfather had a Pyrenean Mountain Dog which used to go shopping along ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain by Rebecca Steiner

I was brought up in this small village, lived at 1, St John's Road with my grandparents Frank and Emily Potter. Then, when the prefabs were built in Graig-Felen, my parents and my two sisters moved there. My ...Read more

A memory of Clydach in 1959 by Kathleen Potter

I was born 1948 in Chop Well and lived in South Terrace down by Mark and Lenin Terraces. Played cricket for the juniors and had friends called Bill Bailley and John Baum. My cousins where Tom and Bill Hughes. My eldest brother ...Read more

A memory of High Spen in 1948 by Peter Scott

My mom lived in the shop at Shelf Roundabout but moved away to Bradford, I think when she met my dad. When I was 8 my mom, now on her own, must have felt the pull back to Shelf and brought me and my sister, Linda to live ...Read more

A memory of Shelf by Stephen Lines