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My maternal grandfather was born in Stockton on Tees in 1892.  His father died, and his mother remarried resulting in him being farmed out to live with two maiden aunts who lived in "Tarset".  My brother and I have tried in vain ...Read more

A memory of Tarset Burn in 1900 by Gail Nunn

It's a bit unfair to say my memory is from 2000, as it actually goes back to when I was born (1980) and only ends last year (2008). My earliest memories are of being at my Aunty Stella's. She wasn't really an ...Read more

A memory of Denton Burn in 2000 by Aidan Henderson

My Grandparents moved to Welbeck Colliery Village about 1926, when my mother was 10 years old, and stayed in the same house at the bottom of Elkesley Road until they went into care in the 1970s. ...Read more

A memory of Meden Vale by Christine Davies

My Grandma was born and grew up in Balallan. Her grandfather (My great-great grandfather) Montgomery? started the first school in Balallan.

A memory of Balallan in 1890

I was born at my Grandmother's home at No: 50 Hand Avenue on the Braunstone Estate. When I was about 3 we moved from Grandma's to our own home at No: 9 Wellinger Way. I went to Queensmead ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town by Jaycie Perkins

I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by Jean Smith

My mother Gladys Taylor (nee Barclay) and father James Taylor married and lived at Tarraby Farm, Carlisle in 1927. My mother's parents were Alexander and Isabella Barclay, who lived and worked on the the farm. ...Read more

A memory of Carlisle in 1920 by Angela Green

I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970

It's not really memory but a request. I come from Bedlington in Northumberland and have found out my grandfather was born in Otley on 24/03/1901. He was born in 16 Burras Lane. Today I visited with only this scant information and I was ...Read more

A memory of Otley by Angela Dixon

Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1988 by André Goddard