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my parents moved to an empty flat above the coral coal shop in bank street.my Father worked for corals coal as a delivery driver.The flat was an extra bonus i was born in Dover 1954 and when we left there we moved to a ...Read more

A memory of Ashford

I was born right across the road from this row of shops ,at no. 491 they were every old cottages ,the end one being the old police station, complete with dungeon, the elderly lady who lived there still had the front as it was as a ...Read more

A memory of Heaton Mersey by peterdale40

This development included a Coop Department store and a bookshop that I frequented in my teenage years. The Coop skirted around the corner into Stafford Street and two of the original terraced houses on that street were occupied by the ...Read more

A memory of Stafford

My father was brought up in Brunswick Street from being a small child, his sister born there in 1929, not far from the Hill school gates. Dad remembered the celebrations on VE Day, with everyone out in the street. ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe by Sandra Turner

My father was brought up in 17 Brunswick Street from being a small child, his sister born there in 1929, not far from the Hill school gates. Dad remembered the celebrations on VE Day, with everyone out in the street. ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe by Sandra Turner

My Nanna went to oak bank open air school Sevenoaks kent in the late 40's. We are sending her back to the area for her 80th birthday in 3 weeks, we have been collecting pictures of inside the building but can't find any of the building itself and ...Read more

A memory of Seal by lisajennison28

When I was a child in the 1940s, this sports field belonged to the Post Office. Occasionally there would be a horse in residence and this is where I had my first and only ride on such an animal. The stadium on the left ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by Norman Langridge

Great memory of tabernacle chapel pantomimes .Mrs ELlis and Watts.aPrince for Cinderella. Babes in the wood. Site now Houses on top of Dandos hill. ,any photos would love to see.David Young I think took lots ...Read more

A memory of Cwmcarn

The other day I just did a little search for some old photos of Theale where I spend many days out camping and fishing from around 1963 to 1970 when I was a teenager. It was very different then of course - when the M4 stopped at ...Read more

A memory of Theale

It was July/August of 1950 when I was sent here from my home town of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent at the age of eight, to convalesce after a serious post-operative infection. My first ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves by Eric Brass