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My Grandma - Bertha Lanaghan - lived in Third Street for over 50 years. She made hookey rugs as big as a room from old blankets, coats, etc whatever she could get, to sell for extra money. She dyed the wool three ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Kathy Ames

Sutton as I remember it holds many memories. I was born and brought up there, attending school at the Council School, Sunday School at the Chapel and using the facilities of the Park from an early age until I ...Read more

A memory of Sutton-in-Craven by Alan Pickles

I went to red house school further down the road , And I have to say the best days of my life But getting back to the sugar bowl used to walk up with class mates and swim !! Absolutely Fantastic.. If there's ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Alan Maxwell

We always went to the Gallion swimming pool because it was cheap, maybe one penny ? I don’t remember. But the Sugar bowl was expensive for us, a half crown, I believe . We used to go to the pond to get spawn, which ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Valerie Ford

We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher

I remember your grandparents and Sylvia. They used to visit Central Villas a lot. Sylvia was a friend of Florence and Walter Bennett (sister and brother). My parents Rex and Gwen Harris lived next door. I was wondering what had ...Read more

A memory of Menheniot by Noreen Keenleyside

I have read with interest the comment from ex inmates of the Castle School, Stanhope. I was there from 1943 until 1950. As with some of the others I was first placed in similar establishments ; Rochdale – where the ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1943 by Thomas Watson

I don't know if they still do it but in the mid 1950's filled the entire Broad Street/High Street and surrounding streets were transformed into one gigantic bright, noisy, whirling, smelly and absolutely thrilling funfair!! ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1956 by Dylan Rivis

Every Saturday morning my brother Frank and sister Lorna and I were there for the children's matinee so much fun. We were born during WWII and I remember how close our neighborhood was and the Odeon was part of it. When I got a little ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1950 by Jennifer Bibb

As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959