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It was August 1955. School summer holidays and when they were over, it would be time for me to begin junior school back in my Midlands home town. My mother had been preparing for that big event, purchasing embroidered cloth ...Read more

A memory of Penzance by brucehaycock

I have many memories of lydd some not so great I was brought up in the old police station opp the rising sun just on the right as you go over the bridge of the miniature steam railway. I remember the feilds at the back of the old ...Read more

A memory of Lydd by sapiano5

March 1973 – Life at the Fairways Dilton Marsh Not too long after moving in I found out that the area near where we lived was in fact known locally as ‘The Tanyard’ and now years later there is a new road where the ...Read more

A memory of Dilton Marsh by keith.poole

From Roger Peart. DD11 2NX In the summer of 1973/74 a section of Sappers from 45 Commando in Arbroath built a bridge in the area of the Oykel Bridge hotel.Has anybody any memories of this. And does the ...Read more

A memory of Strath Oykel by roger.peart

I cant remember the year but I well remember the iron footbridge being put in place over the canal...if I remember right it was lowered into place by a huge crane . before this we pedestrians had to walk over the road bridge and ...Read more

A memory of Yealand Conyers by Joan Mawson

I can remember the sweet shop just outside the school, I would run there (during playtime) for sweets. There was a wooden step for small children to be able to see over the counter and a seat. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge by Chris Hoddinott

I lived in New Street, and my boyhood friends were Richard Freakes, John Denman, Michael and Graham Goring, Jeff and Billy Kowatch and Alfie Manzoli. Amongst many others, we used to play in the woods ...Read more

A memory of Crawley by Richard Hounsome

My memory is of Shotley bridge hospital in May 1960 I was four years old and had been born with a hole in the heart. I was token by ambulance to shotley bridge to have my heart surgery. There was no children ward in the ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge by stevie21055

I lived at 26 Gerald Road in a big old house at the side of the river Irwell opposite St Bonifaces church and attended St Boniface's school with my two elder brothers Bernard and Terrance, my younger brother Michael and my ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Irene Kerkham

lived in dabbs hill lane went to islip manor infants nd remember playing in the little room like a kitchen, in one of the classrooms , went to vincent nd northolt high which left in 1976 it was a really hot ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by jenniealp