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On this picture you can see the steps used by the ferry man from the 1920s to the 1940s.  He used a pole to steer the punt from the Bury bank to the Amberley bank.  The punt was attached to a chain which stretched across ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1940 by Wendy Carey

This photograph brings back so many memories. As a child I lived in Buller Street until 1972. I spent many happy Saturdays at the Ritz cinema, seen here in the right background. How civilised this looks. I recently went back to look at ...Read more

A memory of Selby by Pete Jones

Hi all, I spent a few years in Lound, then came to Canada. I have been back to my little village a few times - there are many changes now! To anyone reading this - I would like to know what happened to the Burford ...Read more

A memory of Lound by fletchet

On the left of the photo is Woolworths, above which were flats - including one where the rock star/ wannabe MP Screaming Lord Sutch lived for a while. Another Rocker lived in South Harrow - Johnny Kidd (and the Pirates). I ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1965 by Eric Medcalf

I was living at Bishopstoke and working as a lad at Cunliff Owen Aircraft during that cold war time winter when a friend that lived in Fair Oak told me that Fishers pond was frozen over and people were skating on it. ...Read more

A memory of Fisher's Pond in 1943 by Frederick Cannock

I remember my gran telling me about when her father was killed in Caerau. The day after they brought him home, a couple of miners turned up at his home with his leg which was cut off in a sack. I aways remember the hooters, in Caerau ...Read more

A memory of Caerau by Tony White

I was an evacuee in Middlestown in WWII, from East London. The first time was with my Mother and we were billeted in a small cottage which backed on to a barn belonging to a farm run by Mr and Mrs Cowan. We were there for approximately ...Read more

A memory of Middlestown in 1943 by Derek Ettridge

I was brought up in Ecclefechan and my mother has lived there all her life. I started Hoddom Primary School in 1970. I can't remember who my P1 teacher was - it may have been Mrs Dodds. I do remember having Mrs McEwan in P2, Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Ecclefechan by Jane Mc Gillion

My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by Laurie Hatchard

I grew up living in Moreton Gardens, my maiden name was Nicholls. I have 2 sisters Pat and Laura. My dear mum used to take us to church every Sunday morning, and I used to sing in the choir. I have some ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green by Anne Westbrook