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My family moved from Monks Kirby to the Kennels near Morgans farm, Newnham Paddox in 1958/59 dad John, mum Marjorie sister Margaret, brother Sean and me Paul. We walked to St Josephs RC School, about 3 miles each way, ...Read more

A memory of Newnham Paddox by Paul Quirke

As a child between 1964 -1969, a friend of mine recalls visiting a corner shop, possibly an off licence located at the end of a street, somewhere in the Great Barr ...Read more

A memory of Great Barr by studio500

I lived in the model cottages on avenue road Tottenham throughout my childhood, what good times they were, I remember playing on the old railway embankment at the top of the road and many hours spent over chestnuts park, ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by colin5050

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

After the War my dad worked in the garden at Wolfe's. He used to brjng home bags of extrusions and we'd trim them for extra money.

A memory of Southall by dereks1940

Joseph Buckley my great great grandfather, was a photographer, known as Owd Ab from the Ben Brierley character. ​In Volume 1 of Ben Brierley's “Lancashire Stories”, is another short tale “A "Strike" Adventure or The ...Read more

A memory of Daisy Nook by bigcityfan

I lived in Dagnall Street , born 1938 I remember the Anderson Air Raid Shelter in our garden Attended Latchmere Infants School and Culvert Road School Loved going to Arding and Hobbs, Battersea Park was a wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by janniepaz

My memories of Gwrych castle are relatively recent ones. I started as a volunteer here about 2 years ago. The castle was closed and Gwrych castle preservation trust had just completed the renovation of the ...Read more

A memory of Gwrych Castle by Lewis Knight

The 2nd July 2021 will mark the centenary of the opening of Cedars Park to the public. The park was given to the people of Cheshunt on 19th December 1919 and it took two years to transform the overgrown gardens of ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt by info.cedarspark

I came to Crowboroughwhen I was eight in 1942. My father who was in the army had been posted to the area. Initially for a few weeks we rented the Beacon School ( it must have been during the holidays as no one was there ) I ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough by johnhayward0