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Hi my names Mary Mclellan nee Gresam. I went to st pats schooI... yrs 1955-65. I lived in Railway street.. then when the houses were condemned we were moved to Partington.. After 3 months we got an ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Mary Was Gresham

I remember this well as I started here in 1953. It was in Merrow Street (on the site of the new school) had a solid flint fascia and the main curved archway at the front of the school which boasted 'the fear of the Lord ...Read more

A memory of Merrow by sandra

I am researching for a book and need information on the Wainwright family who lived in New street South Darenth. They are listed in the 1911 census living at this address. Also has anybody stories of local woman marrying soldiers who were based in Dartford during WW 1. Thanks for your time. John

A memory of Dartford in 1910 by John Michael Taylor

I started school at The Croft in High Green next to WG Smiths. This was near to the Danilo - Queen of Cinemas of the time and fascinating to visit. Later from Walhouse School we spent lunchtimes playing cowboys and Lone ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1951

In the early thirties I lived with my parents in the lower flat inTuskar Street. We safely played outside the house with local friends. Maze Hill Schoolwas in danger of closing and my Mother was asked if I could go ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich in 1930 by Bunny King

I was born in Russell colt street my name was Dorothy Dick my twin sister is called Jean Dick We went to Gartsherrie Academy We then moved to Old Monkland Swinton Crescent my father worked at Lambertons in Coatbridge his brothers ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge by breamcatcher1

Of course this is St.Luke's parish church in Cannock which stands on ground which has connections with worship going back for many centuries. There is a battered and worn ancient preaching cross in front of the building which has ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

Going ‘down the village’ pretty much referred to the stretch of Cove Road, between Hazel Avenue and Marrowbrooke Lane, where most of the shops were. Once upon a time Cove must have been the typical English village: two houses, three pubs ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

I was born on the 28th March 1947, into an existing family of 5 siblings in a one-up one-down decaying terraced house of 12 Russell Street, Teams, Gateshead, just off Upton Street, near to the coke works, the gas works, the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1947 by Alan Bull

Born in 1938 in Modbury, I can remember the latter years of World War II. I remember vividly the nights during the months of the heavy blitz on Plymouth, with the beams from searchlights that were based just outside the town ...Read more

A memory of Modbury by Roger Stevens