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We, the family, had expected to be going to a wedding, as my Mamma had been a widow since she was 39 years. She was now 60 years old, she had two daughter Ethel and Emma, 15 years and 13 years, when their father ...Read more

A memory of Langwith Lodge in 1944 by Margaret Douglas (Nee Beresfo

My dad Len Bayford had the barbers shop in Forest Road. I was born in 1948 and he died in 1955. My brother Mike came out of the army and took over the shop.

A memory of Loughton in 1955 by Patricia Fuller.

My grandparents moved into 12 Aberconway Rd when the houses were built at the end of the 1920s. My grandad picked the house off plan as it had the largest garden and he loved gardening. My dad and his sisters lived there until the ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Anne Ironside

I used to work on the sweet stall on that corner of the market on Saturdays when I was 17 and 18. Boys could work from 17 but girls were supposed to be 18 which I didn't think was right but I was always ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1973 by Pat Patt

My father Simon had a penwriter in 1950. She came to France in the town of Mainvilliers around 1950. I found a postcard called Bowling Green & Memorial Park, Barmouth. She was living in the house with a white front door just below the Catholic church. Who could help me to find her?

A memory of Barmouth in 1950

I first went to Heriot in about 1947 camping with Boy Scouts. When my parents came for a visit they liked the area so they arranged with local farmer to have our holidays camping in his field for a number of years after that, although we ...Read more

A memory of Heriot by George Lewis

I was born in Willesden on November 12, 1938. We moved to Edgware when I was three. I attended Broadfields Infant School. The best teacher in the world - Mrs. Dennison- I could never forget her. We used to go to ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1943 by Sheila Whitelaw

I have read with fond memories the recollections of others on their holidays at Bucks Mills and thought I would share mine. My family and I came down from Nottinghamshire for many ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1955 by Alasdair Gordon

I came to Parracombe regularly as a child (born Oct 1942) with my parents. We stayed at "Fernlea" with Mr and Mrs George Court and their daughter Mary (about my age). My father George Pickering, and my ...Read more

A memory of Parracombe in 1952 by Brenda Noel

Hello. I was born at Fence Houses, went to Hetton when I was 5 years old, left when I got married in 1953, to a chap from Easington Lane who was in the RAF. Lived in Jane Street, opposite the church and cricket ...Read more

A memory of Hetton-Le-Hole in 1950 by Hazel Dunn