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MY PATERNAL ANCESTORS CAME FROM TURTON AND QUARLTON, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS. JAMES GARTSIDE OF TURTON MARRIED JANE ISHERWOOD OF QUARLTON AT BOLTON PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER IN 1730. THEY HAD AT ...Read more

A memory of Turton Bottoms by Carolyn Wilson

I was born into the Silver family at Palmer Cottage, 25 North St in 1928 and attended the Council School and then Manor House School Havant in the mid 40s until joining the Grenadier Guards in 1946.  I ...Read more

A memory of Emsworth in 1930 by Godwin Herring

I don't exactly have a memory of Walmgate but I know my GGGGrandfather John Browne was born in the house here. Would love to converse with anyone with any knowledge of this memory. I do know through extensive investigation via ...Read more

A memory of York by Lyn Hansch

I brought up 3 children in Cyprus Street and have loads of memories of the area before demolition of the house from St. Johns Street through to Charing Cross. This was a redevelopement area in the 1960s -70s. Many of ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1960 by Del Phillips

Grand parents, aunts, uncles with Winstanley surname buried at St John's. Staying at Tootle Terrace with relatives. Recent visit July 2010 met with octogenarians and older ones who have lived in this area all ...Read more

A memory of Whittle-le-Woods in 1930 by Sheila Cross

Wes Coulthard and me decided to go to the smoke to try our luck,this was early sixties. Wes had worked in London before for a building company called Higgs & Hill so we decided to give it a go as we had just been laid off. It ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1964 by Jimmy Burrows

I have fond memories of my childhood/early teens in Sutton-at-Hone. I attended the C of E Primary school in the early 1940s; I remember one of the teachers, a Ms. Rogers, the headmaster was a layman in the local church, I ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1940 by John Andrews

I lived in the house which was just to the left of this picture. My Dad was the local coal merchant (Lowe Bros Fuels). As children,we used to play "round the church" which was the rough track surrounding St John's Church,and ...Read more

A memory of Heaton Mersey in 1965 by Joanne Poole

We married at St. John`s Church, 1st September 1956. I went to Connaught girls school from 1949-1953. I lived in Pearcroft Road until I married and then in Rhodesia Road until we moved to just outside Chelmsford, Essex. We ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1956 by Maureen Payne Nee Evans

I was christened in St John's church in 1935. I was born in Harvey Road, and have been back so many times visiting my old school Davis Lane, the old Red LIon was at the end of our street and on the other side was ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1930 by Shirley Reynard