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                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

2008 and this shop is still here. It has changed very little in looks. It was owned by the same family Bonner from my early memory of about 1950 for many years. Today it remains a post office/shop

A memory of Stoke Hammond in 1944 by Stephanie Mcpherson

My father Jenkin Evans and mother Valerie Evans lived at Potters Cross Farm, White Hill, Kinver from just before the Second World War. This is the farmhouse which you can see which still exists to this day. They raised four ...Read more

A memory of Kinver by John Evans

Huddersfield is where I was born.

A memory of Huddersfield in 1990 by Jonathan Milnes

Your Mam Margaret has been trying to find you for years and years and never has and never will stop thinking about and loving you. It was not your Mams wishes for you to ...Read more

A memory of Elswick by Lisa Christer

Under the title "The Birth Of Easington Colliery", a 6,000 word article of mine has recently been published in the Journal of the North East Labour History Society,Volume 42 (2011). The article covers the ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harry Barnes

I have been told by my mother that I was born in St Mary's Hospital in South Croydon and I am not sure if it still exists or if there are any photos of it. Can anyone help?

A memory of South Godstone in 1952 by Jaine Laine

Dumpton House (Preparatory) School was evacuated to Crichel during the Second World War from Broadstairs in Kent. My older brother (Paul Cremer) was already at the school and due to the war my parents sent me ...Read more

A memory of Crichel Ho in 1940 by Jonathan Cremer

April 3 1946 is the date of my birth, born at 2 Nightingale Terrace, Scarcliffe. My parents being Rose and Albert Nicholls, I was baptised at St Leonards and went to Scarcliffe school and then went on to Moorfield ...Read more

A memory of Scarcliffe in 1946 by Joy Kathleen Nicholls/Davies

My Family moved into the newly built Prefabs in Woodville Road when they were first opened up for occupancy. I can't remember what year it was. Does anybody know what the date was? The Prefabs were kitted out with a Fridge ...Read more

A memory of Ham by philip.lintern23