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I was brought up in Pode Hole from 1967, my mother Joan is still alive but now living in Spalding, sadly my Dad Ken died in the Fishermans Arms pub on Sept 23 1977. I have a brother Nigel and a sister Susan. We ...Read more

A memory of Pode Hole in 1967 by Stephen Cropley

Many years ago, about 1951, us children myself and my brothers and our friends used to play on the fields where now Bilston Colledge is situated off the Wellington Roa in Bilston. We had such fun playing on those ...Read more

A memory of Bilston in 1954 by Pauline Powell

Because I was raised by my Grandparents I inherited their surname Green untill I left Pelton Modern school and started work. Mole Terrace being the street where we lived served not only as a football pitch but also ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1947 by Gerald Watson

I grew up in Streatham and lived in Blegborough Road off of Mitcham Lane. I attended Granton Road Primary School in Streatham Vale and later Ensham County Secondary School for Girls in Tooting. I met my late husband ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Christine Heydinrych

I am tracing family history. I would like to know who was running the Post Office in that year in 1948?My mother Marjorie Edna Webber was an assistant there. I also have family memories of Mattie and ...Read more

A memory of Silverdale in 1948 by Jean Davey

1943! The year I was born, where I lived and was brought up at my grandparents' shop, 'S W Pearce & Son'. I went to school in Downderry and Antony, then later Liskeard Grammer. On leaving school, I worked in the ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1943 by Mike Pearce

I remember going to see an old family friend who lived in one of the houses on Chipping Steps. His name was Fred Cook. Fred was a very good friend of my dad's family (the Topps) who used to run Macfisheries on Market Street. My ...Read more

A memory of Tetbury by Paul Topps

My Great Grand Aunt Sarah Holgate, née Barnes, came here with her husband Benjamin in the 1870s to run the hotel (from Manchester). Benjamin died in 1877 and Sarah stayed in charge until sometime in the 1890s ...Read more

A memory of St Mary's by Thomas Muir

I was born in a house called Threeways in the centre of the village. I think it used to be an Offficer's mess during the war and then became a Country Club long after we moved out. The building no longer exists and has been replaced ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1955

I am trying to find anyone who went to the above school run by Miss Chritchley.

A memory of Cheltenham in 1952