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1948 and onwards; I have always lived in Leadgate - born in Ponthead or 'Shanghi' as it was known then (sorry to one of your readers who said Shanghi was the bungalows). I remember we had a sweet shop called Wintrels, it was nothing more ...Read more

A memory of Leadgate in 1948 by Sandra Stokoe Was Mawson

So much and so little time; Green Top Primary School, happy days before the big move up to the Grammar School or North Eastern Road Secondary Boys. Mr Morris for metal work, Mr Snow for woodwork. Mr Colin Ella for religious ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by David Walton

I think I am right in saying that Olby's had a wire cable system of sending money in small canisters from their counters to the accounts office. They used to put it in the canister, screw it into a lid attached to the wire, then fire it ...Read more

A memory of Penge by Wayne Ruffle

I grew up in the same house until I was 18, from 1946 - 1964 when I moved to London. My dad was a butcher for East Fife Coop and my mum worked at the farm prepacking potatoes. I have great memories of the cul-de-sac. I ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1950 by Anne Ihde

After the level train crossing was the off-licence which my grandad called the 'Long Pull', I don't know if that was it's right name. Then after that was Rutters shop which sold everything under the sun, then Bells the butchers ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1965 by Kath Bewick

I spent approximately 2 years as a messenger boy with the then GPO, based in two gracious old homes along Wimbledon Parkside. Their names were Gayton, and Martholme. I seem to remember the address ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1943 by Charles (Chas) Joyce

Hello. My grandparents and family lived at No 5 Whitehall Street opposite from West Park. The houses were originally `well to do` and had been transformed into upper and lower flats. The fronts had bay windows. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1945 by Muriel Redd

I was born in 1954 at home in George Street, Low Valley, in what was known as Company Row, presumably as it was built my mine-owners to house their workers. It was a two up two down terrace next to ...Read more

A memory of Low Valley

Yes the bakers was Parkers, but before that it was called "Fowlers" and that name was in the mosaic floor in their doorway. They used to do lovely cream cakes. My mum who had moved to Southall in 1932, went to Western Road School ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Russell Wileman

I was born at Low Westwood, a small mining village in the North East of England in 1955 – well, when I say I was born there, that’s not entirely true. Unlike today, children were born at ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley in 1960 by Kathy Aveyard