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I was born in Colesmead Road Redhill, one of seven children. I had a wonderful childhood with fantastic parents, relatives and friends and even the school teachers from Merstham Primary and Bishop Simpson C/E. I am ...Read more

A memory of Redhill by Helen Higgins

Robert Benson, also known as Toby, left his Manchester home in June 1901 and came to Lambourn to be a jockey. He was apprenticed to Captain Ossie Bell at York House, but was sacked for giving racing tips to ...Read more

A memory of Lambourn in 1900 by Sue Odell

I was born in Cwrt Coch Street, Aberbargoed in 1965. I remember I used to sit in Chris the cobbler's shop for hours chatting, his shop was a mess but he was good. When I was about 10 I was sat on the pavement ...Read more

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1965 by Louise Cummings

In 1960 I was 5 years old and lived in Tyseley Lane with my older brother, mom and dad and also gran and great-gran. My grandad had died the previous year and I often wonder if his shed still stands at the bottom of the ...Read more

A memory of Tyseley in 1960

I came to Twechar to visit my Grandfather and Grandmother, who lived in 15 Mc Donald Crescent when I was a young lad of 8 or 9. I went to school in St Niniann's, Kirkintilloch after my Mum and Dad (John ...Read more

A memory of Twechar in 1964 by Michael #Differ

My dad had a shop in Kennards Arcade, mending, making and selling dentures. I helped him on Saturdays selling his own brand of denture cleaner called 'Sparkdent'. My first half-crown pay was spent on a ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1963

My family moved to Tetchil from Lancashire in 1956, the year after I was born. My Dad got a job as a meat Inspector at the abbattoir in Hordley. We lived in Val View until my parents purchased a cottage & some land at ...Read more

A memory of Tetchill in 1956 by Lynn Pennington

Does anyone remember my mother? Her name was Margaret Joyce Goldman. She sang at the Clay Pigeon pub I believe and met my father, Robert Shillinglaw there. This happened in the early 1940s. She passed away a couple of years ago and ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1942 by Barry Dady

My mother with her father, Alfred Stroud, mother Caroline, (my mother's name was Doris) with two sisters and four brothers came over by ship in 1902 from Stroud, England. Everyone was sick except my grandfather who ate pickled ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Harold Morris

After my dad passed away in January this year (2012), I realised I knew very little about my family history. I started searching the records for dad's family - a difficult task looking for a Davies who was born ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1942 by Tracey Davies