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I've just read about a man who worked at Platers and Stampers for a year and hated it. I worked at Hapton Valley Pit for 2 years and in that time helped to carry out 3 dead bodies on separate occasions. I decided that it was not ...Read more

A memory of Burnley in 1955 by Malcolm Graham

I remember the greengrocers, it was called Cunninghams I think. There was always a smell of cooking beetroot coming from the back of the shop. Then there was Wayletts who had a brilliant sweet counter and a very small ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1965 by Kathy Besgrove

I was born in East Rainton at 30 Pontop Street, and have still great memories of the place. I had a brother George and sisters Dorothy, sadly my sister Betty passed away some years ago. I, like my siblings ...Read more

A memory of East Rainton by Keith Rennie

Hello, I am researching for a book about footballers who played for Tottenham Hotspurs in the thirties. I am particularly interested in Albert Hall who I believe was born in Cadoxton, Barry in 1918. I would like to get in ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1930 by John Michael Taylor

May 8th 1958 - I arrived at Blandford camp, started 2 years Nat/Service, A company, N 8 platoon Sgt Scholey. Still got the photo..REME. I was given an army number and told to remember it, 57 yrs later still remember ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1958 by First Name Last Name

My grandfather and great grandfather lived in Axbridge and I would like to find out more about them and the village from the late 1800s to the 1940s. The family name is Channon and I would appreciate any information you my have or ...Read more

A memory of Axbridge in 1900 by Terry Channon

i was brought up in 164 crossfield ave,once owned by john henry cooke, i remember walking along swanlow lane as a child going to everalls chippy and buying a bag of chips, then walking across the way to the forms sitting and eating them.

A memory of Moulton in 1970 by Tracey Stubbs

My early memories are of the Nash Road Prefabs. Those flat roofed single level houses built after the war. These were later named Cheshire Avenue. We, Mum, Dad and brother John, lived at No 35 overlooking the field owned by farmer Dicky ...Read more

A memory of Newport in 1950 by Michael Wadley

I used to live with my mum, Rosalie, and dad, Joe, brother John and sister Mary in No.2 and later No.4 Salem (it could have been the other way round). The Jim and Doll Yeo lived one side of us and my dad's sister, ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot by Anthony Paddon

Can anyone remember the old school at Brindley Village, right in the heart of The Chase? My sisters and I all went to the school until 1957 when the school was shut. It was a sad day, nobody wanted to leave there ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford in 1956 by Christine Sharrock