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Mum, Dad & I lived in Sunbury during the sixties. I attended Nursery Road Primary before going on to Kenyngton Manor Secondary. Some of my favourite teachers were Mr Penfold (French) Mr Lucas (Geography) Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury by rhathas

How could I forget another treat - a day out in Barry! This was before the fairground entertainments were there; there was just miles and miles of sand (at least that's how it seemed to me). I think we used to ...Read more

A memory of Bedlinog by Margo Smith

The caption in the Francis Frith book 'Paignton', by Peggy Parnell (p.46), reads: 'With his powerful business aptitude, Mr Dendy quickly installed the most important tourist commodity, ...Read more

A memory of Paignton by robert_slack5

In WW2 the father of my uncle Ken Edwards was the "Billeting officer" Mr Sydney Edwards, who was an ex police inspector with a ...Read more

A memory of Perranporth by Gemma Gemma

My name was cook and we lived in durham building. I remember schooling bakery in plough road next to St Peters church, across the road was len's secondhand shop where my mum used to buy some of our clothes, also there was ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by hazeljarrett55

hey new at this game, have traveled the world,both with the army and as a security adviser to many arab and african nations but i was born and grew up on the bombed out streets of wear tyne and tees streets, the town moor was ...Read more

A memory of Ryhope by adeynathan.na

I was born in Aldershot in June 1946. I believe the event was at the General Hospital at the top end of St.Georges Road. For the first year or so I lived with my parents and older brother at the bottom end of Victoria Road. ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by geoffroberts994

Hello I am putting together a history of Cook/Cooke Street, Salford as a member of the Salford Archaeology and History Society, where the Threlfalls Brewery was situated. I have looked at old maps which ...Read more

A memory of Salford by peachimid

I was born in December 1939 in Redhill Hospital which then changed to Edgware General. My parents Bill and Gladys Wyness lived in Marlow Court, Colindeep Lane and my maternal grandparents lived in Chalfont Court also in ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by sandymills03

Dewhurst Butchers By Donald Jay. I started Butchering at the age of 12 in a local butcher on Colne road in Burnley called Harrison Brothers. When I left school at 14 I went to work at J H Dewhursts in Scotland Road Nelson. I ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by Donald Jay