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My husband worked at Webbs brewery from 1953-1956 as chief engineer. We lived at 3 Brewery Terrace (opposite the brewery). We often used the Hanbury Hotel and my husband knew Howard Collins I remember he was a very nice ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1953 by Marina Davis

I was born in High Lane Brown Edge and lived there until 1963. I have lots of memories, everyone knew each other, they didn't need to lock the doors in fear of unwanted intruders, in fact during the war years neighbours became ...Read more

A memory of Brown Edge in 1940 by Margaret Wright

What happy days and nights, beach parties at Hengistbury Head, can it really be 44 years ago that this magical place came into my life, it was to have a life-long thread connecting to me. Oh, what can one say - the thrill of ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1965 by Dave Spooner

I have been researching my family tree and have found from the 1901 Census that my great-uncle Frederick J Voller was an inmate at the 'Home for Homeless Little Boys'. This was in the parish of Horton Kirby St. Mary, South ...Read more

A memory of South Darenth in 1900

‘I remember when’ - yes, I remember market day in Dorchester very well – when your picture was taken I was 10 years old, and could well have been one of the children in your picture. On Wednesdays, during school holidays Mum ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1955

I was sent to Lower Bynamman in 1970, to work building up a huge 2400 Marion excavator for Sir Lindsey Parkinson at the GCG (Tyor Gwaith?) opencast site. I lodged at the Bryannam hotel with Dez and ...Read more

A memory of Lower Brynamman in 1970 by Paul Leavett

My family moved to Bishton in 1945 when my father began working at Bishton Signal Box. Because of the returning soldiers, few houses were available in the Newport area so we settled at Bank Cottage, Bishton. The cottage ...Read more

A memory of Bishton in 1945 by Bob Stinchcombe

When I was 6 years old my brother Ken and I went to live at Kenward, the Dr Barnardo's home in Yalding. It was a fantastic house and I can still remember the lay out of it. We had a wonderful childhood there. We had 'aunts' in the local ...Read more

A memory of Yalding in 1952 by Margaret Cadger

I was born in South Luffenham in 1942, some time later (I must have 10 or 11) I can  remember helping the butcher on his round, his name was Mr Lake and he came from Wing. He had a old blue van if I ...Read more

A memory of South Luffenham by Leonard Harries

My parents had a shop in Balsall Heath Road not far from Cannon Hill Park - there was a murder committed there around that time. I used to catch the tram to town and in Lewis's basement you could get crabs' legs loaded with ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1950 by Matt O.B.O Roy Anderson