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I can remember the fan, what a noise, you get used to it. Also the racket the trams made on the way up the mountain. The shop I refer to is at the top end of the valley, they had ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1957 by Anthony White

My grandparents lived in 45 Bute Street next to the barber's shop and a few doors away from the cinema. I was evacuated there in 1941 and went to school in Treherbert for a couple of years, and I have the most happy memories of ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert by Phil Gabriel

I grew up in Oriel Road in Lower Tranmere. My nan lived across the road from us. When I was 5 (1951) she had a stroke and my mum spent the next 5 years looking after her until she died, when I was about 10. In those days, ...Read more

A memory of Tranmere by Angela Carr

I was born in Colindale in 1937 living in Sheaveshill Ave. We had an Anderson shelter in the back garden in which I would sleep all night when bombing was bad, it was easier than getting me up when the sirens started at ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Jack Luxon

I grew up in one of the bungalows at the foot of One Tree Hill and often spent weekends and school holidays with the Keeper's children, Peter and Jonathon Scott.  One Tree Hill was a fascinating place to spend our weekends and ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1966 by Stephen Dann

It's twenty five years gone March since the miners' strike but it does not seem like five minutes to me and my family. I remember it like it was yesterday. Many families ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1984 by Karen Surtees

Prudhoe Castle has always been a part of my life since I was born in 1938. My mother moved to Prudhoe Castle, where she was employed as a maid, to be nearer to my father who lived in Castle Dene. They ...Read more

A memory of Prudhoe by marionsmailes

Reminiscences of Kennards Arcade brought back memories for me too. As a child, I was in Croydon for most of the war and "ponies", as we called the arcade, was a favourite spot when shopping. It helped with the war effort by displaying ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1940 by Sheila W

My uncle John Cooke owned the gravel pit mentioned along with the brush factory. We lived in Staplehall Road and used to go across Farmer Howard's field to the pits and go on the very same beach. In the winter my brother ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1950 by Roger Clarke

I remember going to Johnas bank and rolling Easter eggs down, also the big swing in the dean, it was called the witches swing. There was a hut at the dean entrance where the old men used to go and play dominoes and cards. There used ...Read more

A memory of Throckley by David Tooke