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I was wearing my little red wellingtons which squelched when I put them on. They came well over my ankles but my legs still got splashed if I wasn’t careful. Sometimes I stamped on purpose into the puddles in the ruts made ...Read more

A memory of East Farleigh by Jemima Joyce

Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by dannytaylor1954

Hi, I'm Les Bouchier I was born at 83 Durham Road Tottenham now called (Kitchener Rd) I was the last of the family, 4 girls and 2 boys born to Minnie and James Bouchier. In the early 1950s our family moved to Dawlish road due to ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by lesliebouchier

First stayed there in 1951. My dad rented the chalet opposite the green corrugated Chapel aside of the sandy path which lead to the beach. Apart from the shop and chippy there was a Welcoast ice cream kiosk on the corner that ...Read more

A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by ukip.lowe29

In 2000 a friend of mine who is a builder was extending his house and erecting a new double garage at his house in Lower Cippenham Lane, I was there to do the brickwork. Chatting away he told me that when he was digging the ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by canavanr

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

I first came across Burnt Yates while looking over the UK for towns with funny names, Burnt Yates stood out as by far the best. I then later did a presentation on it for my civics final in school. Me and my friends are currently doing ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Yates by pontaclott4

Hi we moved to Great Kingshill in 1968 from Edmonton in N London. We also lived in Wood Green N. London. I remember my first impression of our new surrounds were not great. I suppose moving from London to a village ...Read more

A memory of Great Kingshill by Andrew Saunders

As a Londoner, when my new husband was offered a job in Great Yarmouth in 1964, I was excited, although a bit apprehensive about moving to the small village of Hemsby. We bought a brand new house in a new subdivision at Two Meadows. It ...Read more

A memory of Hemsby by Carol Watts

My parents moved from Pentire to Crantock when I was about 3 and Crantock is certainly ingrained in my memory as being my first home. My mother had taken a position as housekeeper to a Dr Nicholas and with it came Rose Cottage. My ...Read more

A memory of Crantock by Dianne Christopher