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I was supposed to have been born at the Green.. ended up being at Tynemouth... So I missed out on a commemorative silver spoon given to kids born in wallsend on the day the Queen Mother visited Wallsend.. 1.10.1954.. My family lived at ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by e.cotcher99

My father Stan Wilson grew up in a cottage on the marshes at West Thurrock where his father was the resident engineer for the adjacent Pumping Station (Sewage?). The 1939 census shows the family ...Read more

A memory of West Thurrock by alandvi.187

Moved to Orchard Road South Ockendon from the east End (Canning Town) in 69 went to Mardyke school, still remember good memories about that school, can remember going down to the Mardyke river, there was a very shallow part near ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by ipatterson701

i remember in the mid 60s my friends and i jumping off the farleigh bridge, how on earth we didn't break our necks i will never know, we stayed almost every summer week-end in the hopping huts, and had to come back to london late ...Read more

A memory of East Farleigh by flamefix

I moved to Three Bridges when I was 4 years old, in 1958, with my parents and twin brother Andrew. We lived in Mill Road. Heavens how it’s all changed. Gone are the open spaces at the bottom of the road, where we ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges by kfosdike2

I live in Australia now . I grew up on Alan Avenue [off Lord Lane] . I was the eldest of 5 children [the Martins] . We had a great life there. I have countless memories of those days in the early 1960s. Walking to Stansfield Road ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth by andy9martin

I was born in Morpeth, lived there until I was 14 When my family moved to New Zealand. I have never forgotten my childhood days, I have so many fond memories. Our family moved into a house in West Park in the early 50’s, we had ...Read more

A memory of Morpeth by Susan Law

Does anyone remember the the big empty house over the plannie ?that we called the haunted hoose ,in the 1950,60 ,also the huge big rock we all used to sit on when we were youngsters,i think that it is a residential care home for the ...Read more

A memory of Carntyne

During WW2 my uncle Bob was billited in the area, and my mother took me up to visit him. I was only a child, but I have a memory of being allowed to stand on this bridge while it was being turned. Was this possible? I also have a ...Read more

A memory of Selby by derekjay

I had a Patent Ductus Arteriosclerosis in 1957 when I was 5 operated on by Mr Mason at Shotley Bridge Hospital. I even started school in hospital. I am still here and am forever thankful for everything. I have 2 sons and 1 ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge by carol981