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I was born in Hutton Lodge, Hutton Henry in 1946. Mother Audrey and father John Joseph (Jack) Walton. We moved to New Row, Wingate, because my father worked at the pit. I loved the school and have very happy memories of the place.

A memory of Wingate in 1946 by Lavina Walters Nee Walton

Where do I begin? I have titled this memory thus and placed it in about 1960, because that's the most accurate I can make it. Ida (my mum) pushing me in a pram up the 'Cliff' to the wood yard, that used to be up by the ...Read more

A memory of Draycott in 1960

I lived in Hillbrow Cottages on the Eastbourne Road from 1950 to 1970s. My father, George Mison, worked in the sand quarry in Bletchingley and mum, Elsie, was a housewife. There are only 12 cottages at Hillbrow and ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1950 by Ruth Bradbury Nee Mison

I lived in Dene Street, went to infant school in Queen St. Had a great time playing in the Dene, also going behind the pit with my dad, training our greyhound which raced at Wheatley Hill Stadium. My ...Read more

A memory of Shotton Colliery in 1947 by Melvyn Cox

Walking from Poets Estate, Blyth, across the fields, crossing the railway lines and then through the Bebside pit yard to see my big brother, David, who lived on Front Street, Bebside, day or night time but felt safe doing so, not like it is nowadays.

A memory of Bebside in 1962 by Robert Wright

I was born to Janette (maiden name Fowler) and Charlie Ross in 1959 and lived at 13 Main Street and then 15 Guffock Road. My granny and grandad were Isabel and William Fowler(aka 'Slip Fowler' the bookie!). I ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm by Isabella Agnew

I lived on River View Park estate and by the age of 10 would cycle to the woods near Shorne village. There was an abandoned gravel workings and the area was a great place to play. We found a crane we could climb on and other ...Read more

A memory of Shorne in 1966 by Robert Campbell

We lived on Chatsworth Road and used to walk to the Bridgewater, or on to the Mersey by the Bridge pub for a swim and to fish! Not that we ever caught anything in the Mersey. We used to also go to the Ship canel by the ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1958 by P Hilip Morris

I moved to Ham in 1959 from Kew and left in 1984 after coming back from a short spell of living abroad with work. I went to St. Andrew's school (now St. Matthias' church) then, St Richards with St Andrews on Ashburnham Rd. We lived in ...Read more

A memory of Ham in 1965 by Ray Gillon

When we all broke up for 6 weeks holidays it was all the kids jobs to go in 'the cut' and swim to fetch coal out. The boats used to carry the coal from Walsall Wood pit to Birmingham and the boater used to drop lumps of ...Read more

A memory of Rushall by Edward Woodward