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From the age of about 4 years old to 10 years old we lived in Dowar Road and I went to Colmores Farm Infant School (near to Rubery). When I was 7 I went to the newly built Rednal Hill School and I started in the first year ...Read more

A memory of Rednal in 1952 by Sheila Mc Kinstry

It was every school summer holiday that my sister and I used to come with our parents to spend a week or so with grandma Annie Penhorwood. If we had any money we would go to the bakery shop near the bottom of the High Street ...Read more

A memory of Bideford in 1961 by Heather Uden

Most of my working life, to this day I have walked daily down Market Hill. In the 1960s I worked at Wrights chemist. I remember Guest's provisions shop, very classy, wonderful smells of fresh coffee. I ...Read more

A memory of Barnsley in 1962

I recently discovered whilst researching my family tree that Grandad George James Candy was not only born in St Helier, Jersey, but by the time he was 13 years old he and his brother Charles ...Read more

A memory of Southampton in 1900 by Elaine Brook

I remember this place so well, this is the bus stop I used to use from Mill Chase School. Many an ugly scrap would occur on the school bus with the kids from the Erie camp, I think that is one of the old army huts the ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down in 1967 by Stuart Scott

The Harman family lived in "The Fields" on the Description of Emumeration District, listed on the 1851 census. "The Fields" was listed between Bowbridge Lane and the "Middle of Strouds Hill".

A memory of Stroud in 1860 by j-a-reynolds

The first time I left Scotland was to visit my grandparents at the old house, Kay and Bill. I was excited, and after many trips we lived with them for a while. Papa always had a bag of pennies for us and Grandma introduced me to ...Read more

A memory of Slad in 1976 by Katy Ball

Uttoxeter did not suffer much during the war. The first stick of bombs fell in a field at Loxley, and a further stick followed later. The only 'blitz' was on the Bailey and Mellor families, in New Road (parish of Stramshall) ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall in 1941 by John Mellor

The impressive entrance on Lavender Hill actually led into the Council Offices, where I started work when I left school in 1966. At that time they had changed very little since their Victorian origins; there was a grand ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1966

The name of the farm on the right of the photo is Wall Hill Farm, it was my dad's farm until he died in 1979.  My auntie used to live in the Blacksmith's cottage across the road opposite until she passed away.

A memory of Pickmere by amanda.astbury