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Ken Purcell (the mighty atom) called that because of his height worked as a train driver, the knocker upper woke him for early morning starts by tapping on the window with a long pole, no alarm clock for him, came home covered in coal dust, which was ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014

My mother, Florrie Rollings, was born on April 23rd 1891 in one of a small row of cottages, now demolished at the A5 end of Victoria Road. I had many aunts and uncles both in Fenny and in Bletchley. My mother's ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford by Douglas Tunbridge

My grandmother and her brothers and sisters attended this school as did my mother and moi. I have many memories of the school. Endless games of football in the yard, rain or shine. Two frightening headmistress Lord and Riley. ...Read more

A memory of Cloughfold by risingsun456

Two Stone sculptured Lions were situated at the entrance steps of the Grand Pump Room Hotel before it was sadly demolished in 1958/59 during the so called "Rape of Bath". They were removed by Sparrows Crane Hire of Bath, Alf Sparrow and ...Read more

A memory of Bath by Frank Sumsion

My family lived in commercial road . there was river opposite and field full i think wheat? as young person i had play in back yard as swans kept coming over the garden brick wall. we lived for some time. at the very end of the long road ...Read more

A memory of Staines by Janet Ingate

My Grandparents , Ernest and Lottie ( Charlotte ) Dickaty ran the West Meon Hut from the late 1920's through the WW2. Although they had sold the pub by the time I was born I spent many happy days with my parents , ...Read more

A memory of West Meon by suewinzer

I lived in Ealing from 1947 to 1968. For 14 of these years I lived in Boileau Road. We always had a car and a phone but did not have a television until 1955 I had several hobbies including trainspotting and used to spend a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by philipsolly

I remember the coffee smell as one wandered up the high street. Someone on this memory board has asked what was it called. It was called: Coffee Importers, because that was what they did. You could buy beans or have them ground ...Read more

A memory of Bromley by Susan Tebby

hi there, my parents allso lived in collyhurst, were they owned there house and coalyard, there names were loretta and charles wood, they sold the house and bought a house in blacley(13 old road) but my dad drove daily back to the ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by cwood35

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell