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My family lived in Emes Road quite near to the Heath and I went to Brook Street school. Like all the other people who have shared their memories I also remember that time with great fondness. All the ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1957 by Vivien Walsh

My husband is Billy Thompson (born 1942) grew up in Victoria Garesfield - he lived in the bottom Duckets - and worked at the pit there until it closed down. We have just created a website to record ...Read more

A memory of Victoria Garesfield

My father William Whigham ( originally form West Calder) moved through to live and work in Twechar ( he might have stayed with relatives in Kirkintilloch) in 1926. He worked in the pit but as it was the General Strike then I am not sure ...Read more

A memory of Twechar by j.whigham

A Memory of Aveley Hello. I also stumbled across this site by accident and was blown away by all the memories shared by Colin Newberry on Mar 25th 2014. I can relate to many other memories shared but Colin's are so close, my ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by mikewiltcher

Thanks to everyone who sent their memories of Newburn and Millfield, it brings it all back! I lived at 16 victoria terrace from about 1955 until it was demolished. I remembered how overcrowded we must have been in a one bedroomed ...Read more

A memory of Newburn by rosselross

I remember coming to Corby from South Wales and living in Landseer Court. My dad loved Corby, my mum not so much , we had nothing to what we had had in Wales, but it was getting dad out of the pit. We had a great ...Read more

A memory of Corby by babs_elizabeth

Saturday morning pictures at the cinema that we used to call the Flea Pit. I attended Holmshill school unitl I left in 1965. I remember playing games of hockey at Hillside school that we used to refer to as St. Trinians as we were ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood

I also lived in thurrock I was born in 1965 I have friends still live there, I loved my youth knocking around the chalk pits in the summer swimming in the lake where Ikea sits now, I still drive through thinking of the old days my uncle ...Read more

A memory of Grays

I was born in Feltham army quarters D Block in 1945. My father was a professional soldier Charles Murr M.B.E. (Charlie) who was coming to the end of a 30 year career in the army. He was the Regimental Sargent Major, ...Read more

A memory of Feltham by davidjohnmurr

"Thieves! Bloody villains and thieves, that's all they are. Makes my blood boil. I can't kill enough of the sods... no Sir!" I hadn't the heart to point out that I was actually a lover of all birds for ...Read more

A memory of Lower Radley