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My mum was called Jill Drake and my dad was Bob Drake and he worked down the pit.  We lived in St Johns Road and I remember that I was about 7 when the Elvington Players was first launched.  The ...Read more

A memory of Elvington in 1955 by Frankie Hilary

Lived in Welling for over 20 years and remember the shops of 50/60s very well. Does anyone remember when the Circus came to Danson Park and they had a parade from what I think was Albany Park station to the park. Also they used to have a ...Read more

A memory of Welling by chrispb12

This view is of Salt Hill Park Pavilion. I remember that there was a tennis club housed there and the tennis courts were in front. In this photo it appears as a horizontal line of shrubs, but the courts were between the shrubs ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Anthony Rees

My grandmother, whose name was Beth Parris, lived at 29 Wish Hill, the row of cottages just before the Red Lion which is on the left as you look at the photo, with sister Eva and brother Ken The whole family were well known to all. ...Read more

A memory of Willingdon by Dave Parris

When I was going out with my now husband of over fourty eight years, in the early sixties, we used to go to the Parrot pub and we thought it was by the river? We have been back a few times and it is no longer by the river? There is ...Read more

A memory of Shalford in 1963 by Mavis Hunt

The old Grand Theatre at Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne was one of well over 65 theatres and cinemas in the city in the heyday of entertainment. Kenneth More in repertory, Winifred Atwell playing her ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by David Hinge

This is the Peart family. Amelia the eldest aged 17 holds her baby brother George. Next to her on the rock is Robert Leadley Peart and at her side is Robert's twin Matthew. Next to Matthew is Jane (known as Ginny) and then Tom. Ginny ...Read more

A memory of Whitby by Claire Allen

This beautiful view of the main entrance to the Peoples Park contrasts sadly with the vista today. Many of the mature landscape trees have gone although the lodge by the ornate gates still stands as this continues to ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

Does anyone have any info about this pub? It appears in my family tree, and my family were living in it in 1911, they are shown on the census for that year, but I can't find any contemporary reference to it. Any info or old photos would be welcome.

A memory of Wooburn Green in 1910 by Maureen Mac Laren

Who can remember going to the Saturday morning pictures? We would see films like 'Annie Get your Gun' and 'An American in Paris' , followed by the wonderful 'Captain Marvel' etc. My friends and I would often act ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1952 by Ann James