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1953, my first day of school, holding hands with Brian Brown going down the street to the bottom gate of school was my first real memory of Troedy. We all took care of each other those days, we ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1953 by Jennifer Jenkins

I remember Edie Veitch as I was born in Albert Terrace, Newburn. She was more my grandma's age (Nan Tulip), and they also lived close together in Tillmouth Park Road. My Great Aunt and Uncle (Doris and Billy Tait) used to ...Read more

A memory of Newburn by Anne Hunter Nee Batey

To be honest the year is a little vague to me now, but it would have been around the mid-fifties that I have my first memories of Rectory Cottage. I was brought up in England, but my father John Elwyn was born there and my ...Read more

A memory of Llangattock in 1956 by Russell Williams

I was born in 1950 and my first home was the flat beside the Regal cinema in Fortuneswell, Portland where my dad, Bob Mutch, was the projectionist. In 1953 we moved to Coronation Road on the Verne Common estate. I ...Read more

A memory of Portland in 1950 by Roger Mutch

This isn't a memory, more of a request. I am researching my family tree and a member of my family moved to the area in about 1880, his name was john Darknell and he married a Francis 'Fanny' Hamilton. He is recorded as living ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1880 by Tracey Wellard

I was called up under the Bevin Scheme in April, 1944, and after a rather indifferent training at Annfield Plain Training Centre, was sent to the Hobson, as I was staying at the time in lodgings in Burnopfield with a Mrs. Crisp, ...Read more

A memory of Burnopfield in 1944 by George Rayner

My father John Ormston lived in Coronation Terrace, Broomhill until he married in 1947. His mother was Harriett Hannah, whose maiden name was Tuck, but she had married Thomas Gray before my Grandfather. All I know about my ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton by Maureen Burton

Did anyone live around here in the 1950s & 60s? My memories are of being sent to search out the sandstone on the Hollas so that my mum could do the steps. Going to the coal yard off Low Hill with ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool by Barbara Mcdonald

I grew up in Southall in the 1940s and 50s. We lived in Gordon Road in a terraced house that backed onto The Tube. We had an outside toilet, no bathroom and, until I was about 6, no electricity. At the age of 5 I could ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1945 by John Lennon

I too saw this photograph in a cafe in Goldhurst Terrace. I recognised Finchley Road and Frognal Station as I was born in a flat closeby in 1967. My parents moved into the flat in 1966 and I was so glad to track ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1967