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Anyone Remember An Edith Or Irene Orme

August 27th on Mytchett Rd, my gran, Irene was hit by a lorry, later dying. She left my dad, 3 yrs & two other toddlers. As an army wife, I was wondering if she had some friends that remember her. She ...Read more

A memory of Frimley in 1930 by Karen Villadsen

Oh, The Days Of My Childhood In Shorwell!

Yay! I've found my brother (Mike Targett) here! Yep, I'm Mike's brother and one of the Shorwell's Vicars' sons 1972-1980. Growing up in Shorwell was certainly idillic, carefree, and we were very spoilt in ...Read more

A memory of Shorwell in 1870 by Lucian (Luke) Targett

Around The Chalk Pit

I lived at 1 St. George's Close, off Chalk Pit Avenue from 1946 to 1954. At first, the Chalk Pit was still there, as was the Oast House, where the shops are now on the corner of Chalk Pit Avenue and Main Road. I first ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1946 by Terry Button

Happy Days

I was born in Brighton Road, number 130, in 1930, it is now known as Jubilee Road. I went to St Peter & Paul School 1935 -1944. Itwas agreat place to live in, we used to spend days in Sniggery Woods & go collecting golf-balls on ...Read more

A memory of Crosby in 1930 by Alfred Moran

Off To The Smoke

Wes Coulthard and me decided to go to the smoke to try our luck,this was early sixties. Wes had worked in London before for a building company called Higgs & Hill so we decided to give it a go as we had just been laid off. It ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1964 by Jimmy Burrows

My Turton And Edgworth Ancestors 1730

MY PATERNAL ANCESTORS CAME FROM TURTON AND QUARLTON, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS. JAMES GARTSIDE OF TURTON MARRIED JANE ISHERWOOD OF QUARLTON AT BOLTON PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER IN 1730. THEY HAD AT ...Read more

A memory of Turton Bottoms by Carolyn Wilson

The Corner Shop

The corner shop was owned by my Aunt May. My sister Betty used to help out at holiday times. I used to spend a lot of summer times in Gainford and I still have an affectionate feeling for it. I have memories of the Andersons,who ...Read more

A memory of Gainford by Thomas Waites

St Peters About 1958

I went to St Peters in about 1958, my brother must have been there 2 years before me. I joined Mrs Fox's class in the old school and remember the chalk and slates. Mrs Rogerson was the head teacher and I moved on via ...Read more

A memory of South Weald by Peter Appleby

Leadgate Always In My Heart

I was born in 1964 in Richard Murray Hospital Consett and lived with my mum Margaret and grandmother Milly in St Ives Road, Leadgate. My grandmother Milly and grandfather Charlie Faragher had lived at 45 St Ives Road ...Read more

A memory of Leadgate in 1964 by Lynne Evans

William Bernard & Frances Honer (Witts) Taylor

William was born in 1812 in England and, at the time od his marriage, was a parishioner of Great Conard, Suffolk. He married Frances Honer Witts on the 26th November 1834 in St Peter's in the Parish of ...Read more

A memory of Sudbury by Phyllis Willis

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