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I remember going to the dances at the Welfare Hall with my friends Dorothy Bridges and Margaret Wood, we all livedf at theMiners houses at 'North' it was called because all the streets began with an A. I ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1960 by Anne Dexter

I lived at the Swan from 1936 to about 1943 - below are some extracts from my memoirs. I hope you find them of interest. In about 1936 my father resigned, or to be more accurate was forced ...Read more

A memory of Newtown in 1930 by Howard Johnson

My late father worked for the Pemberton Estate as a tractor driver from 1946 to around 1958. I offer below, in his memory, an extract from the tribute I composed for his funeral in March 2005. ...Read more

A memory of Trumpington by Brian Goodliffe

The Ballad of King James 1st and the Tinkler. And now to be brief, let's pass over the rest, Who seldom or never were given to jest, And come to King Jamie, the first of our throne, A pleasanter monarch sure ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Roger Davis

Having lived my entire life in Ystrad, and still a happy resident, I remember the village being a REAL village. Mum shopped in the C0-0p, whilst staff entertained her inquisitive children. Does anyone remember that amazing ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1966 by Clare Conway (Nee Price)

I wonder if you may have known John Edgar Smith (School No. 293) in the 'thirties'? My beloved John always spoke very fondly of his years at Lord Wandsworth College, Long ...Read more

A memory of Long Sutton in 1930 by Barbara Tester

I was born at 65 Southey Street, Sunderland Road in 1934. My family, the Towns family, had lived there for years. I went to Sunderland Road School and two of my teachers, Flintoff and Comway, taught my uncles. On ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Derek Bell

By the late 1960's ICL had absorbed much of the country's computer industry and had several manufacturing centres at Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Letchworth. It needed a base for ...Read more

A memory of Hedsor in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk

I fondly remember the time I spent in Billinghay as the science teacher at The Lafford School, one of three new schools built at the same time in the 1960's. I also ran some adult evening classes and one ...Read more

A memory of Billinghay

I was born in 1949 and grew up on Victoria Terrace. The picture of Victoria Terrace has special meaning to me, upon closer inspection I noticed my mum scrubbing our front door step, this she did daily along with the strip of pavement ...Read more

A memory of Glasson in 1949 by Wendy` Beckett