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Who can remember the cheerful chirping of house sparrows appearing as if from nowhere and landing en masse on a tree or fence, only to fly off again in a moment's notice. Or the wonderful murmeration patterns from clouds ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

We lived in The Meadow, the road opposite Rush Pond, for 30years. Our house is not there anymore, it was demolished and a much bigger house on the site. We had a dear little cottage, St Anne's. I still belong to the ...Read more

A memory of Chislehurst by Evelyn Turner

Yes, the Milano was a little bit of the Left Bank in Wolverhampton. But what about the 'Troc'? It was a much more dubious place. 'Cool, Clean Consulate' were the other cigarettes if you wanted to pose and couldn't afford Passing Clouds. Dainne

A memory of Wolverhampton in 1964 by Dianne Brown

The Transport Department at Southmead Hospital when I joined them consisted of an officer, foreman, and four porter drivers, with two buses, three vans, and two cars. We were responsible for ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1960 by Arthur Cottrell

One didn't have to travel to London in the past to watch pro bands plying their trade. The Nag's Head public house was a much attended venue during the late 1960s and early 1970s for watching many of the (what was then known as) ...Read more

A memory of Wollaston in 1969 by Mick Austin

My family moved to no 2 Erme Park in 1967 when I was 3. These were of course the new houses. I remember Mr Burrows (father of Cedric/Zedrick) asking me in about 1973 if I was from the new houses. I of course said no as we'd been ...Read more

A memory of Ermington in 1967 by Ian Chadwick

Just look at this truly MAGNIFICENT arch over the church doorway. My own interest in this parish is because my family name is Norfolk and so many of my family were farmers, millers and general agicultural ...Read more

A memory of Adel by John Howard Norfolk

I was born in 4 The Nursery in 1944. My gran Elizabeth Bayles, my mother Emma Bayles. I went to Millbank School at age 4yrs. I can remember my first teacher there Miss Watkins. My Mother worked at Lockeys buses as a bus ...Read more

A memory of West Auckland in 1953 by Christine Bayles

I was brought up the other side of the arch from this picture in Wesleyan Row. (No8) My mother still lives there today. I remember when this was the main road from the Steelworks and all the heavy lorries used to struggle up the ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale by Hugh Jones

I started life in Berrie Street off Ellor Street in Salford, the houses then were all terraced with back entries at the back of Saint Paul's chuch. The first school I remember going to was John Street then the following: ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1860 by Nigel Yates