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I lived on Commercial Road, Aberbeeg with my mam, dad, three brothers and sister a stones throw from Aberbeeg School which I attended when Mr Talbot was headmaster. My local chapel was in Glandawr and has been demolished. I belonged to ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg by Jill Galloway

I was born in Bridgend Hospital and the first house I lived in was in Heol Maendy, North Cornelly. When I was about three we got a brand new council house in Heol Las; back then there were no gardens and I ...Read more

A memory of North Cornelly in 1967 by Rose Windman

I stood standing, in my new school uniform, outside the doors of the new Grammar School in September 1955. I was one of the first first years who started that day. Before the school opened, the children who passed the old 11+ had to ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Moira Jones

I was not the first, but I promoted the dances at Heacham public hall in the 60,s, Cliff Bennet, and the rebel rousers, Bo st runners Moody Blues, Billy Fury and the gamblers, Geno Washington, The Marmalade and so many more plus most of ...Read more

A memory of Heacham by burnelpenhaul

My childhood was spent living in Cross Lane back in the days when it was rare to visit town, each community was virtually self sufficient with shops, at the bottom of cross lane, on the topside of the Baptist Chapel was Kilburns, ...Read more

A memory of Newsome by john.holmes83

I don't know when the issue was first posted. However, I grew up in Barking and remember both the old Regent cinema in Ripple Road (just) and when in became Regent's Market. Killwicks was in East Street and the furniture store ...Read more

A memory of Barking

I entered the CRX as a patient in March 1974, ostensibly for 6weeks treatment, but I didn't leave until December 1981. I was under the care of Dr Barbara Ansell and her rheumatology team who specialised in children with arthritis ...Read more

A memory of Taplow by xxloub

I lived in Quemerford as a child and walked (or later cycled) up this hill every day on my way home from school. At first the shop/post office on the right of the picture was kept by a Mrs Duckett(?) and was where I often spent my pocket ...Read more

A memory of Quemerford by rgj.cavie

During the 70's my family moved to Winterborne Stickland,. We moved into the 'new houses', Downfield Close, shown in one of the pictures. Life was idyllic: the village had the Post Office, a butchers, two shops, a garage ...Read more

A memory of Winterborne Stickland by c.daniels

I posted this memory once before, but am repeating with the hope that new members will see it and perhaps respond. In 1944, when I was six, bombs dropped at the end of our road in N. Mitcham (Caithness Road) ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Frances Innes