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I was born in the war years in Broadwater, we moved to Goring when I was 2 years old. I grew up in open fields and smallholdings and nurseries. I remember going down to the beach and playing on what is now the Greensward, then it ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1947 by Pamela Richards

Still more memories of my early life in Crewe. As a young boy every Saturday morning was spent watching my favourite film stars; Roy Rogers, Ken Maynard, Dan Dare etc. Plenty of cinemas to go to; The Grand, The Kino, The ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1930 by Ken Wood

Hello, does anyone remember the lovely cafe in High Town road Carousel cafe? I would love to see pictures and memories about it .

A memory of Luton

My grandparents Paula and Gustave D'Hondt managed this hotel during the latter half of the 1930s till it was requisitioned by the army during the war. They then moved with some of their paying guests to Highdown, Hindhead, a large ...Read more

A memory of Hindhead in 1930 by Catherine Marshall

I was born in 1946 at 66 Marlborough Road in the front parlour of my gran's house. We lived at that time at 7 Harrietta Street, Higher Broughton, Salford 8 which was then know as Hightown. The chip shop on ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jean Allcock

Does anyone remember Greengate & Irwell, Irwell Works, off Ordsall Lane? From 1957 to 1962 I worked there as one of the three telephone operaters. I have very happy ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1957 by Jean Rowland

As a trainee aircrew member of the RAF I was posted to Bridgnorth in 1943. I don't recall the exact location of the ITW (Initial training wing), but there we learned radio and morse code procedures, aircraft recognition and gunnery during an ...Read more

A memory of Bridgnorth in 1943 by Neville Robinson

Hi, these are my memories of Newburgh. My mum used to work at Mug House Farm, which was farmed by the Webster family, as housekeeper to John Billy and also looked after Mary up to her final ...Read more

A memory of Newburgh in 1959 by Ken Levett

Around 1957 I was walking around High Street, enjoying a meander from my route home to Bradbury Lines when I saw the wife of an officer from the Army Camp, Lt Richard Vincent, in great distress with some ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1957 by Dylan Rivis