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I was born at 163, Hillcross Avenue in 1946. Went to school over the road from my home just behind the alleyway behind my grandparents house opposite (Dwyers) Hillcross Primary School. I loved to run (no not from the school!) but on the playing fields.The teachers would call me out of class at any time and ask the other kids to try and beat me over a set short run, usually I won (big head!) but I loved it. My best ...see more
I remember the cabin, it certainly was a treat to spend a threepenny bit on something sweet! What was the name of the cinema opposite? I know the Odeon was further up the High Road and the Essaldo was in Belmont, but can't think of the name of the Graham Road cinema - hope someone can help!
My name is William, and I lived in West Buckland, North Devon. My family moved there in about 1959 when my dad changed his job again. He worked for a local farmer for about 12 months before swapping to work for Mr and Miss Down at Gibbs farm. My life revolved around the farm it being all I wanted to do in my life. That and as I got older, a nice girl as a friend, not ...see more
I remember Brockwell Park, I used to go there with a friend open-air dancing. My friend was
Phillis but alas can't remember her last name. We met and worked at Freeman's catalogue firm in the SKL department. Also we went roller skating in Brixton. My maiden name was Beryl Jamieson, if any of the girls read this that worked at Freeman's around 50's 60's please get in touch will be pleased to hear from any of you.
Hi Mariam
I remember Theresa, she was probably more in my age group (I will be 61 this year!) It seems that I can remember lots of people from back then, but didn't even realise they had sisters and brothers. Just recently I found out that my sister in law's ex-husband was the brother of one of the girls I used to go to Ensham with. I never even connected the name because I didn't know she had any ...see more
My family moved to Widnes in 1961, when I was 11 and we lived at 3 Nicholas Road, across from the Blundell Arms. I attended Bankfield School until we moved to Australia in 1964. I enjoyed my time at the school and remember each Friday paying sixpence for the school to build a swimming pool. The school was well run with Mr Kettle as headmaster. I visited Widnes in 2005 to show my wife where I grew up. The school had ...see more
I am trying to help a dear friend of mine try and trace her family, the Booths and the Duncans.
Her great great grandmother was Elspeth Booth, daughter of William Booth, born 1798 and Helen Duncan, born 1813. If anyone has any info on these families, either past or present, I would love to hear from you.
You may like to know that I today attended the funeral of the chatelaine of The Manor, Lady Valerie Guinness.
After the war my father Peter bought the rectory at Sculthorpe about three miles from East Barsham and the house where he was born. His father had been the rector there for the early years of the last century. Val North was daughter of Roger and Pam North of Rougham; we grew up together, born in ...see more
How lovely to take a trip down memory lane and see old postcards of Rhyll. My mum, dad, l and my younger sister enjoyed many happy holidays in Rhyll during the 1960's. There was always so much to do; we loved the paddling pool and hiring the bikes. l can remember how eagerly we waited to choose our bike, not all of them were in good working order, we often came away with oil over us off the chain. We used to stay in a B ...see more
I have memories of my father writing to his aunt and uncle in Haverfordwest. They lived at Ferry Hill House, Llangwm Ferry. It sounded a lovely place but I never went there. I'd like to see a picture of it or hear from anyone who knew them. Their surname was Heap. Pentelow was another family name.
I went to the old infants school, I was living at Upper Tyla then.
Does anybody have any photos of the bike shop in Exmouth Street called (Rogers) and the Pub next door.
I fondly recall my days as a late 1950's pupil at the Grammar School on its hill. A bus
service was used to ferry pupils like me from the more distant parts of the county. We had a mixed attendance and the headmaster was still Sidney Farrar. I recall a number of the teachers well... namely Frank Harrison (English/rugby master); Mr Hinds (maths - not surprisingly nicknamed "Alfie" from a certain well-known ...see more
I am interested in any information about, or photos of, the McCrie family who lived in Redcar from around 1900 to around 1930.
My name is Pamela Ross, I live in Leicestershire, 40 years ago, i went hiking around the area of Taunton, with my future husband and his friend, after getting off the train, and walking for some time, it was getting dusk and we were walking along a country lane, when we had a car pull up next to us, it may have been a mini, (probably red) this chap asked what we were doing and if we needed somewhere to stay, we ...see more
What a great picture as mother worked in the wooden ofice and i would walk from wolfe rd to meet her approx 1958 and back up ketts hill or sometimes gas hill.Happy days.If it was wet Mr Read made me go into mothers office to keep dry.
What a lovely village I started my life in, mother owned the row of cottages near the shop, names i cannot recall,went to the shop to get my ration of sweets from my ration book as it was end of the war years then i went down to the nurseries where I went a few years ago and the son.next door to our end cottage was a girl ? yallop i believe and opposite us lived a bank manager in the big detached house,i can also remember the ...see more
Hi, I'm an ex Romford lad, I lived in 61 Douglas Road from 1942-1958. When I left school in 1950 I started work in the London Co-op in Park Lane as an errand boy. I bought my first bicycle from Sisselys in Rush Green, it was a Sunbeam, I had that for a good many years and went out weekends on it. I did a couple of trips to Heathrow Airport (London Airport) in those days, with a mate. After doing my National ...see more
I can still remember as a young lad of 15 going to see my grandfather, Stan Crompton, at work in his little cobblers shop in his garden at 5 Chenies Cottages,Oakwoodhill and the smell of freshly worked leather. Also I remember him entering the annual flower show at the cricket ground each year. In his earlier years he had been the gardener and my grandmother Annie Crompton had been the cook to the ...see more
The house we lived in, two up and two down, toilet way up the garden, no hot water, must have been a nightmare for my mum but my memories are of playing in the square with all the other kids, Maypole days, Bonfire nights. All the parents and children got together for these events. Square. Fold was made up of nine houses, three homes on three sides and the open end was onto Green Lane. ...see more
In memory of my great uncle Pte. Thomas Glazebrook of the 10th. Royal Hussars, stationed here in 1911, who was injured at the 2nd. Battle of Ypres and KIA 1918.
Does anyone know or remember as a child Rebecca (nee Powell) and Ernest Matthews who lived in Chiswick. They had 10 children, the last child passing away aged 94 on Sunday 6 April 2014. Also trying to establish the name of the local dance school, Doris ? we think.
Does anybody remember the dance instructresses , I know Clive was the manager. I used to go 1962 to around late 60s. I remember Karen Lacey she worked in the coffee cloakroom bar area . Happy days
Hello Glenda, my dear. I remember that name - Lighten. Where is Eastern Ave? Is it the road where Trevor Johnson and David Warren lived? Michael Cox there too. Remember him? Now I remember our dads - good mates - working at the Tunnel. Down in Church View at the bottom were the Eggletons - much feared. Although the eldest was a decent bloke. But Ronnie! I worked as a labourer once for Eves (also at the ...see more
I also lived in sedgefield Crescent I remember when that poor man hung him self and also that some kid walking to school found him , thought he was a dummy hanging there.
Hello does any one remember the Warners holiday camp all my family had great holidays there the camp boss was as we all new him was max he was a really great fellow.would be pleased to hear from anyone who remembers this holiday camp
Does anybody remember the Swoffer family? I lived at 43A Manor Road, my Gran and Aunt's and Uncle's lived at 81b Manor Road. I went to Elmwood School, Hackbridge, (Gone!) and later worked at Hackbridge Cables. The Grange was wonderful, Beddington Park - so BIG! All seems about 150 years ago now.
Was anybody with me when we broke into the grounds of this posh girls' school sometime in the mid Sixties? Full of beer and revolutionary fervour,we intended to swim in their open-air pool. It must have been winter,because the water was covered in plastic,which we didn't see in the dark...oh,happy days
Hi All, I am trying to search for any memories you might have of the Wallis family who lived at 16 Framfield road , Thomas arrived about 1820's and with his family opened a Draper and Grocers shop, his family grew and I believe he was a respected member of Framfield, Please Have you any Memories of him or his family I would love to have . Thank You Terry Wallis
I was evacuated to my Grandparent's house "Hope House" The Street Radstock during the war years - they were Mr and Mrs H.D.Plummer and lived in Hope House with their Daughter Gwendoline Edwards and her three sons Ivor, Claude and Trevor. I lived there with my Brother for about five years. At the time I was Brenda Plummer and my Brother was David. We went to the Village School which was quite near ...see more
Sorry to disappoint you, but this is S S Peter and Paul church and not All Saints
Reading through what people have put about Crawshawbooth brings back so many childhood memories my grandparent George and Gertrude Walsh lived on the end of School Street and we had some great holidays there, there used to be a bench at the end of school street and grandad used to "rest" there! I think he was recovering from a couple or three of "pints before facing my grandma.There used to be a school yard at the ...see more
I was raisedin Chestnut Avenue withmy two brothers Michael and Edward. I moved away in 1974 having been born in 1958. Everybody in the road knew everybody else and keys were left in the front doors. I attended Princes Road Primary and then The Brook as I failed my 11 plus. I found a part time job as a boy delivering milk with Tommy Smith we worked out of the United Dairies yad in Lower Queens Road. Great times ...see more
as a young girl I spent time at lane side visiting my grandma smith who lived at no 21smy auntie sarah also live at no 17 with my cousins tommy and Christine in the school holidays we also played with the Kershaw girls at the big house across the road when the girls Jennifer and jane were home from boarding school the grounds of there house were magic I also remember anne Gibson and her brother
My mother was evacuated from Hull for my birth in May 1941 to Gate Burton Hall. The only information I have is a picture postcard that my mother acquired during her stay plus my birth certificate. Re any information if that person logs on to GENUKI Gate Burton Lin then scrolls down to manors, clicks on Ian S. entry states that Gate Burton Hall was a maternity unit during World War II
In early November 1951, the LAMORNA left Gosport to quest after Captain Kidd's treasure in the South China Seas, but there was a break down in heavy weather off Cherbourg, and the 120 ton schooner was blown into Christchurch Bay, passed the Needles and went ashore east of Barton. There had been rescue attempts by the Lifeboats to remove the crew. This occurred during the Half Term Break, and I remember going to ...see more
Frank; Did you live on the other side of us? We lived in Kaye Street and a family of Firths lived back to back with us. If it's the same family, your sister was Myrah and she was the same age as me. My dad and me lived with the Majors; Alice & sons Leslie and Douglas. I live in Portsmouth now.
After we twins had learned to ride our bicycles, the family would ride north into the New Forest to a picnic area at Wooton Stream. My youngest brother may have been on the pannier seat of my Mum's bike, with the dog trying to keep up with us. The main attraction for us kids and family dog was the stream in which were nimble minnows aplenty. Some local photographer caught a picture of us all avidly pursuing our ...see more
The Waverley Cinema was located on Station Road at the junction of Barton Court Road - it was a 'flea-pit' - however, it was local and within a short walk. Every Saturday morning, they would show the children's program, which generally were a climactic serial film and cartoons, and the Pathe News films. The first film that I remember attending was about a headless stage coach driver up to nefarious ...see more
I used to live as a child in LLangynwyd in Heol Cadrawd next door but one to the school house my maiden name was John. I realise now what a wondeful childhood I had and so much freedom. I rember Mr Morris as headmaster, Miss Brook who became Mrs Evans ,Miss James, Miss Davis, Miss Keen. Unfortunately I can t remember the name of the teacher in the "top Class". I would love to hear from anyone that rembers me or my ...see more
I was born in 1931 in Bollingbroke Nursing Home and lived in Belleville Road next to Belleville Road School. Our house was requisitioned and knocked down to enlarge the school and so we moved to Hayes, Middlesex, in 1937, where I lived until 1952 when I married a sailor and moved around with him. I remember racing down Belleville Road on a home made cart and narrowly missing careering into the main ...see more
This is not my memory but a place where my partner's grandmother and/or mother were, I believe, living at one time, which could have been in the late 40's early 50's. The name of the building was Emerson House, Butterknowle and I wonder if anyone has any knowledge of this place please? It was quite a large building - could have been a smallholding perhaps. Their surname was Morgan.
I was born and lived in Wembley until 1960. The Railway Hotel was the pub on the corner of Ealing Road and my mother was head housekeeper there for a long time. On the day of the Coronation the pub was allowed longer opening hours and my mum had to work so my sister and I slept at the pub on the night. I can remember hearing the revellers in the street below singing and dancing well ...see more
I attended Suntrap Residential School on Hayling Island from 1953 for 2 years... I loved it! I was sent there because I was small for my age. A lot of the kids had asthma, and it was thought that being at school on the edge of the sea would benefit us all. Well, I am 71 now, and I managed to reach only 4 ft. 11 inches! But what wonderful memories I have of my old school. I went back a few years ago - 'not' a ...see more
I have a relative who lived in Snaith from the early 1900's. His name was William Sandoe who was the Headmaster at the school. His granddaughter was also a teacher there. He had a son Cyril who came to Australia as a teenager, part of a scout troup who were going to work on farms in South Australia. He joined the Australian army and fought in the 1st world war. William was a well known figure in Snaith and was ...see more
Mr Garlick got me through the 11 plus.
Born 1950, moved to Barker Road, Bredbury in 1954. Apparently we were one of the first families to inhabit the estate. Attended Barrack Hill. I remember Browns, the two old ladies in the sweet shop next to the Sportsman, Sercombes and Jess and Amy. Barrack Hill holds many memories apart from Mrs Lambert, the double ruler was painful. Mrs Gyton, Ridyard, Heaton were all ...see more
Preedys was the main tobacconist in Wolverhampton and the Express Cafe at the bottom of Queen Street is where I used to go for dinner on a Saturday after working the Minors matinee film at the ABC cinema in Garrick street. There used to be a second-hand book shop along Pipers Row, not far from the Blue Ball pub, as I recall. One could buy a book, read it, take it back and get some off the next book, almost like a ...see more
Colomendy Camp was my first job after leaving school. I worked in the main house as a maid and then went to work in the dining hall of the boys' camp. I worked there for a year before moving on to the Glass Factory in Saltney. I loved roaming around Loggerheads. My friends and I would scale the face of the cliffs rather than going around the back where it was a little easier.
1964 - Mortimer Road, Buntingsdale Park, Market Drayton.
I lived briefly in Mortimer Road as a toddler with my parents and older brother. My father was a Flight Lieutenant stationed at RAF Tern Hill from sometime between late 1962 or 1963. On March 25th, 1964, he was instructing a trainee helicopter pilot. One of the helicopter's rotor blades failed and it crashed to the ground killing my ...see more
We lived at No1 North Street, it's not there anymore. It was quite a steep street and when it snowed (we seemed to get snow every year in those days) we would get out the sledges and spend the evening and weekends zooming down the street. The problem with this, it made the street very slippy. The people who lived in the street would throw their ashes onto the snow to aid walking. One evening one of the lads ...see more
As a family, my husband at the time, my daughter and later in the 70's my son all went camping at the campsite owned by Mr and Mrs Jefferies. A lovely couple, always happy to help, it was only a field with washing and toilet facilities, and the local shop provided food and accessories... There were many people who visited, from small tents to caravans... Wonderful memories from that time... to ...see more
Born in Salford 1949, as was my sister in 1947. We lived with our mum and dad, Mary and Ted Dunnett at 379 Liverpool Street, Salford the butchers shop on the corner opposite Dorothy Rosco and Walshes shop. There were four shops, one on each corner. We went to Langworthy School and at Chimney Pot park we played. Fred Oddie, who also had a butchers shop, was a good friend to mum and dad, Vinnie Vale, Gorden ...see more
My granddad died in 1973 and granny died in 1983. They lived at Nedging, Beacon Road, previously Harlequin Lane, and previously Green Lane. Their name was Brigstock, their daughter Jean Brigstock attended Hookstead school and Wincroft school. My dad's family also lived in Harlquin Lane Crowborough; his family name was Whitehouse. Does anyone remember them?
The first house on the left in the photograph is No 1 Jubilee Road, and the house my parents moved into in 1931. I was only five years old but quite well remember other building going on as the road developed. Just a little before the vanishing point in this photograph , there is a road off to the left, named Coronation Road and then two more roads further on. Quite a sizeable estate of ...see more
Getting my haircut at Richards Gents hairdressers upstairs in the Coop Building - accessed via a winding staircase and once there a row of Barbers Chairs. The open space of nearby Queens Square with its Fire Station Health Office and the main stopping point for the blue Hednesford to Walsall No 1 Bus Service alonside the Church wall. The Swallow Raincoat factory in one corner..
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 Ranger chases on Shoal Hill listening out for the one oclock siren at the Colliery to tell us that it was time to make our way back to school for the afternoon lessons. The walk up New ...see more
Hi, does anyone have any pictures of Longfield working mans club, it was on Longfield road, Heckmondwike, at the bottom of the cemetery in Heckmondwike. It was bought by my family in 1960 and changed from a club to a house but I am after any pics or info about it when it was a club
My Gran and Grandpa had a cottage in Holcombe Village "shrimp Cottage" at the top of the hill. This cottage was later left to me, but I sold it in the 60s during the slump!!! I have some wonderful memories of the sea wall and the steam trains puffing along side. I remember getting lifts back to the cottage on Richards motorbike! And of Dawlish dancing to jazz bands in the Grand ...see more
I remember parts of this photo. I was born in 1956. The shop with the flags was Brooks' bakers I think. The houses just beyond it up the hill must have been demolished in the 60s. I remember there being 'sticky bob' plants where they were - not seen them anywhere else. The steps on the right by the cafe sign were incredibly steep to a young child and gave me nightmares for years. I also remember the salt wagons going to the rail depot at the top of the hill - you could overtake them on foot!
Does anybody remember John and Sheila Peters who ran this pub. They had a 3 legged dog called Sonny who used to look out of the upstairs window and has even jumped from there. The football team used to meet there after their games on a Sunday lunchtime. My brother and I worked there mostly at weekends, me washing glasses, and David behind the bar, though he was under age! The locals were very friendly, and Trevor Howard ...see more
This memory has been posted by The Francis Frith Collection on behalf of John Craig.
I was born in Staines in 1937 and lived there until I joined the RAF in 1955 and following that moved to Cornwall. My father owned a garage business (Craigs Garage) on Laleham Rd, Staines from the 1920's until the 50's. I would like for anyone who lived in Staines and attended The Matthew Arnold School to get in touch. I would ...see more
to alan.the shop you were asking about on redhouse lane,was Hilleirs,i remember there pies well
In the mid 50s we lived in St Georges Road Palmers Green my brothers and I went to St Georges Presbyrtarian Church for Sunday school and Hazelwood Lane Primary School. Going to the cinema on Saturday mornings was a treat to watch the Lone Ranger. Until they pulled the cinema down and built Telsco's. After the dentist located at the Triangle mum would take me across to Lyons tea house ...see more
I was perhaps the last person born at the Rectory - 1st July 1955. Such happy memories of a childhood growing up in such a wonderful place. Lots of children my own age, ponies, endless adventures within a protected and safe estate. Leaving for Wiltshire at 16 was the first hard thing I had done!
I visited Invergowrie with my husband to be (Alec bell) who"s mum and dad lived in the lovely village ( Elizabeth , could be Tom not sure now) it was a really fabulous place and we stayed for a week, there was a cottage for sale (Gowrie cottage) I would have loved to have bought it but could not afford to..I visited again three years later with my son (Stephen) ,I was now separated ...see more
Who remembers Edwin gate,he taught my father and then he taught me fron 1941 until 1944 or 5,his favourite pubishment was rto nip hold of yout shoty hait on the back of your neck and hold you there until you either owned up or got the right answer
spent most of ny youth in the Wigton area going to ther pics, chasing the "moats"If you dont know what a moat is your not a cumbrian!!!!! anyone rememberthe little old lady had the shop up I think Water Street(the street going up to Hopes Auctioneers My lasting memory was being charged by a local policeman for being drunk in charge of a bike when I was about 16,he must have been out to frighten me to death cos I ...see more
I remember that just opposite to this photo was the main Post Office, with wooden floors, which echoed when a customer walked on them. Further along where the white building is, if you went left, there was an old shop selling stamps, then going further there was the covered market, right through to Bridge St; on Beechams car park was an open market, that car park is now part of St Helens ...see more
I with my twin brother Clive were born in Ripon Close in1958. Moved to Ascot Close number 15 around 1969. We both went to Islip Manner followed by Vincent from 1969 to 1974. Our friends included Robert Gosling, Danny Field, Tony Mace, Clifford Partridge, Andy Cherry, Clive Phillips and Clifford Thorne, who sadly died at a very young age. My brother used to run a mobile disco called C-Quinn, used to play every ...see more
i remember this year very well because i was born in this year so that is how i remember tooting like this
At a guess! My visits to Shepton mallet were infrequent as I lived near Bristol as a child. But loved coming to see my Grandmother at no 1 Barren Down (mrs E A Crook)A school was at the back of her house, I wondered if it was the original grammar school? I was free to go beyond to the railway, and wave to the steam engine driver! My Mother was Ethel Rose Crook, I believe she married from barren ...see more
I remember the Teachers at 'Central very well. Mr Wilson headmaster; Mr Barber, Maths; Mr White ,English Mr Cass, Allsorts. Mr Stead, PT and many more.
I was actually there in 1960. I too benefitted greatly from the experience, but I am surprised that no one seems to mentioned the health benefits. I suffered from Asthma and Bronchitis and usually suffered when I returned home for the holidays. In my three and one half years at Brown Rigg School I suffered just one 24-hour cold and never missed a single day. I even excelled at athletics and cross-country running, ...see more
I remember Rosie's cheap shop. My mum and dad used to shop there, there were some good bargains there. wish those times were back.
I remember the day very well my dad woke us all up to tell us we would have to leave our house .. We lived @ no1 Daniel adamson ave as I looked out of my bedroom window to the right . Usually I could see over the ship canal . But all that I I could see was fire and a thick black wall of smoke . I would have been 12 years old at the time I used to go over the ferry to go fishing at the old river in Irlam . And spoke to Bernard on ...see more
I remember Roffis!My family lived in Alfred Street.My late Dad was Edward Hind.We used to visit my Granny Ethel,Grandad George,Auntie Dorothy,Uncle Dai.We also visited Auntie Millie and Uncle Jack in Tredegar. We lived in England, but Ethel and Millie used to visit us up to 1977. I think the Jones- Ethel's family -lived in Maclaren cottages.There was an Auntie Mary who trained as a ...see more
i can clearly remember driving through the village of littleworth with my mum and dad, past the cricketers pub and then being hit by the stench from what i recall was some sort of sheepskin factory or something before carrying on toward wheatley where my nan and grandad lived. it would have been 1974-75 or maybe 1976. i also trying to remember where my grandad worked around there. my dad ...see more
Hi can anyone help me am looking for a photo of the royal pioneers army camp at Horsley hall in the 1955 if any one as got a photo please my i have a copy.
I have very happy memories of my stay in Birstwith during the last part of the war when I arrived with a group of evacuees from Chatham, Kent; a scared group of children not knowing where we were going or who would care for us. We were arranged in a circle around a room as people came in and chose the child they wanted, or liked. A gentleman with a very kind face was in charge so I hid behind him so no one ...see more
It is wonderful to see this photo. I was a cadet nurse and then student nurse at The Canadian Red Cross. I am so happy to see a photograph of the front of the hospital. This is where transport used to drop the nurses off - often giggling and ready for duty. Always a healthy respect for Matron. I had quite forgotten this part but have photos of some nurses and patients outside the wards.
