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I lived at 23 Swinburn terrace bells close and went to Sugley Parish church. Lemington infants then the big school. I left there when I was 15 and did not make it to Claremont. I was born at Dilston Hall hospital ...Read more

A memory of Lemington by denyg21.denise

In the 1940s my mother Olive Greaves remembers visiting her aunt and uncle Lack who ran a bakery in west street. Uncle Tom used to walk across the road to the bowls club. She has such fond memories of her visits and the country escape from her town of Leamington Spa.

A memory of Banwell by Sarah Mossop

It was about 1956. John Sample had started to change with the times and bought himself a pick up truck, him, 'Auld Jimmy' and me went to the horse sales at Gateshead just over the bridge, and I cannot for the life of me remember if it ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1956 by Jimmy Burrows

In the mid 1950s to early 1960s there were local dance halls, one at Newburn which was down Station Road, take a left towards the bridge and it was just there on the left side opposite the level crossings near ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1955 by Jimmy Burrows

Lemington Dance was held in a prefabricated building at the bottom of Woodburn Street, we used to go there on a Saturday and Sunday night, in fact I met my husband there. We would dance to all the 60s' music, great times. I think ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1962 by Elizabeth(Betty) Phillipson Nee Scott

I remember attending the village school opposite Holy Trinity Church of which I was a chior boy for a few years. We had a local football team made up of choristors - we were very good. I lived at the bottom of the village in ...Read more

A memory of Long Itchington in 1950 by Roger Sheasby

The earliest photo of me on Bucks Mills beach is in a pushchair from about 1951 -52! We were visiting for the day from my grandparents home in Bradworthy. In 1959 my grandparents, John and Gladys Dunn moved to Trundle ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1960 by Jonathan Asprey

I started life in Leamington Rd in1938, then moved to Longford Crt.Have school picture here with twins Margaret and Pamela Musson, Jean Humphries, Gillian Green, Ann French Carol Mandy plus teacher think her name was Miss ...Read more

A memory of Southall by annowen42

I remember leaving lemington middle school to move to the brand new Shool up the hill at the top of Claremont around 1963 and left in May 1965,and moved to Halifax where I had a nasty works accident and lost my left leg,I had many ...Read more

A memory of Lemington by andrew.gunn

I remember these 3 cottages before the top two were demolished leaving Clerks Cottage at the bottom. I remember the house being lit by gaslight, my father was always buying new gas mantles because he kept hitting ...Read more

A memory of Whitnash by david.jeffs1