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I can remember the Co-op store being the first in Slough to venture into the world of the supermarket. A friend worked there and was frustrated at the time because of the uncoordinated teething start to things. Around the corner in The ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Anthony Rees

Hi does anyone remember the riding school at the top of the common. I am trying to find an old friend of mine that worked there called Jill Allsop. We used to go riding over Penn Common and annoy the ...Read more

A memory of Penn in 1964 by Christine Turner

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it does’nt even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

I was born in 1947 - youngest of five (4 girls and a boy) lived on Seaforth Avenue. Motspur Park was a great place to grow up, we had such a wonderful childhood. As well as "The Park" at the end of Marina Avenue - ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park

I had heard so much about this village & surrounding areas from my father, Arch Wallbank, who was born 1896 @ 46 Watling St. the corner of New st. he left for NZ in Oct. 1913 & died Auckland 1965.. My Knight ...Read more

A memory of Polesworth by m.hall

Born on the 15th April 1950 in my grandparents front room in Bristol Terrace I didn't realize until now what we had in those " good old days". I am a self made millionaire but I would trade all what I have now for those ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed by rthomas

I was born in Mosley Congleton 1949, and till only recently had a Relative still living their,that was my Uncle Graham Whittaker and aunt Marlene my Aunt Marlene was originally from Germany, they Lived on Boundry Lane, and many year's ago used ...Read more

A memory of Congleton by jimjas1

We moved to Peel Green when I was 9 we lived in Winster Rd., it was a new house when we moved in it was one of the first to be finished, When we moved there the houses on the opposite side were just being started, I remember the shop at ...Read more

A memory of Peel Green by p.thompson233

Yesterday I wrote in my memories of Peel Green but I missed out some of the shops, Mrs. Scott grocers, Meg the herbalist where we all met up and had saspirella, dandelion and burdock and hot vimto, she used to chase us out when we had ...Read more

A memory of Peel Green by p.thompson233

Firstly, I must say I was prompted to write this on reading the previous article, I went to school with that writer, Alan Tutt, at Crofton lane School, in 1939 I think it was, or perhaps 1941, anyway we were just starting ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by gpogson