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I'm reasonably sure this is the little alleyway that links Market Street to what is now known as St Nicholas Court.

A memory of North Walsham by Phil Dunning

Driving a major road through Queen Square. It is located in the historic heart of Bristol, just off Bristol's Floating Harbour, about half a kilometre south of the city's main shopping area, Broadmead. The square was begun ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

I lived on Apethorne Lane, Gee Cross from 1941 (when I was born), till 1962 when I left the area. Saturday nights were the highlight of the week, with a dance held at Hyde Chapel, which was always well attended, with the lads ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1958 by Ken Foley

As I told you, in Millfield there was only one shop, 'Jacksons', and two houses, Sewells and Gribbles, both in Victoria Terace where they turned their front parlour into shops. Sewells was run by Anne Veitche's mother, a nice lady, ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

I remember the infants class at Caistor Methodist Primary School. The class used the vestry of the Methodist Chapel and the room had supporting pillars. Our teacher was Miss Parrott. We had a wooden dolls' house, a ...Read more

A memory of Caistor in 1953 by Carol Barnes

I always remember the November 5th Bonfire on the common opposite Hilda Woodall's (I think) shop on the corner of Chester Street and next to Dents Cobblers. We all stood around the magnificent bombfire feeling ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet by Mavis Coleman

I remember innocent days playing football on Grove Park until you could hardly see the ball. I lived in Greenfield Street and recall tying a piece of string from behind the garden wall to the fence on the back lane ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch by Robert Kendrick

As I read and reread the memories that are posted on this site, Mitcham and my childhood there become more and more vivid. I can almost smell the grass on the cricket green, just after it was cut. When I was young, Mitcham ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by James Bonser

If you look at the Coastguard Cottages in the background you will see a small wash house in front of the cottages on the lower garden. In the back left hand corner of the wash house was an old large copper where my grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Mawgan Porth in 1958 by Elizabeth Carthew

We were one of the early families to have a caravan at Bovi. This was what the campers called it back then. Caravans were positioned randomly before terraces were excavated in the field over the fence from the green above ...Read more

A memory of Bovisand Bay in 1949 by Jeffrey Smith