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This memory is from the year of the Coronation (1953), I was 10 then and the street parties were on, we had ours in Spencers Steel Works canteen and we got a Coronation mug. We went to sleep by the sound of the steam hammer ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

I remember falling off a bike on Millfield Crescent when I was about 7 or 8 and I had a really bad knee injury, there was no going to hospitals in those days though, it was Kit Bateman, a first aider at the pit, who mended me and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1960 by Norman Dunbar

I grew up in Sheriff Hill. My great-gran Margaret Jackson lived on Hewson Street and I lived with my parents in Leeming Gardens in the flats. I used to be sent to the corner shop on Hewson Street. It was called Robbies. We ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1958

Hi! This is not so much a memory as a request for more information. I'm using Ancestry UK to try to track down my relatives. My mother [Vera Jackson (nee Fox)] was born in Bawtry in 1903. She died in 1995. Her adoptive parents (Fox) ...Read more

A memory of Mexborough by Graham Jackson

My mum and dad got married here in 1964, John Jackson and Joan Davenport, it was gorgeous inside. As a child I lived on Salford Brow and spent many happy days around the area :)

A memory of Manchester by Donna Jackson

Flamborough Close, 1945. With my parents (Reg and "Bunny"), who were married at the village church in 1939, I moved into 31, Hazelhurst Rd in 1945. My maternal grandparents, Fred and Elizabeth Hopkins lived at 19 Flamborough ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1945 by Michael Jackson Cox

I was born in Church Street in 1940, next to the Fox & Duck public house. I went to Layston School, Mrs Skipp was head teacher. I played for the Fords in the early 60s. Mrs Mayes kept the shop opposite. The butcher shops in those ...Read more

A memory of Buntingford in 1940 by Nick Crane

Hi Donna, Nice to hear from you... I have fond memories of Vi and Bill Appleton, surprised to hear that they sold the house, had many lovely days there, especially in the summer playing in the pool, hardest thing was keeping Jackson out he ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Jan Laverick

We were happy and dirty, playing in the streets, making rafts out of lollipop sticks after the rain with mud, going the the old rec park to watch a Punch and Judy show, also playing in the sand pit where I lost my shoes, went home ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1956 by Barbara Fisher Nee Wilson

I worked in J P Jacksons Butchers in King Street, the shop was next to what used to be the Queens Hotel, they were really very happy days.

A memory of Ulverston in 1961 by Patrick Malone