Bolton Upon Dearne, Collingwood Hotel c.1960

Photo ref: B342023

When I was a child, my parents got divorced before I reached the age of four, and I didn't meet my Father until several years later. Together with my Mother and my younger brother, we lived with my maternal grandparents. Grandad always seemed to cough quite a lot; not that it seemed like anything unusual to me at such a young age. However, over the next few years, I came to realise that this ...see more

It's incredible how one can recall memories from a remarkably long time ago. In fact, I still remember that on my fourth birthday, I received two identical birthday cards from different people. I can even remember the picture on those cards—a picture of a little pink pig eating his birthday cake. This proves wrong; some research says that every time you remember something, a small part of that memory ...see more

My uncle Des emigrated from Dublin to Coronation Drive, Bolton On Dearne in 1950, he became a miner. In the course of writing letters home he told my mam that the streets of Bolton on Dearne were paved with gold, he had actually misspelled coal for gold. Mam and Dad and baby followed Des in 1956. They were living in Des’s house with him and his wife, l was due in a few weeks so mam found lodgings in Furlong Road, ...see more

I went to a home in Harold wood called wouldstock and the children home was run by mr and Mrs papwoth they was very nice people I was there 1969 there was a boy called Tom Dooley I look up the home gone now so meny good memories I wonder what happened to mr and Mrs papwoth it funny how you think back from there I went to a hassoberry school hazel lane bishstrofod had fun there there was a miss donlope she was south Africa miss evens miss Bogg miss Dollier like to know what happened to them