Tea bottles and advert breaks

11:02am Tuesday 5th May 2009

When my little brother was about four and a half years old he was so amusing to me, his older brother.

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Help Find My Granddads Missing Medals

6:47pm Wednesday 21st January 2009

Just before Christmas last year I discovered that my late grandfather Frederick Darlington, played for the Runcorn Rugby team in the 1890’s, and had won three gold medals.

Memories of Langdale Road Shops (3)

1:42pm Tuesday 23rd September 2008

This story concerns a very embarrassing errand I was sent on when I was ten years old. You couldn’t have picked a worse thing to send a young boy for a yard of knicker elastic. My dad had given me a small piece of paper with the words written in blue biro.

Memories of Langdale Road (2)

10:42am Monday 15th September 2008

One of the other shops I remember from childhood stood in Langdale Road and was called Stubbs's it was a little walk around store that sold almost everything from firelighters to bacon.

Memories of Langdale Road Shops

3:08pm Monday 18th August 2008

My Family were very poor in the sixties and seventies and could very rarely afford to decorate our house you don't notice things when you're a kid until you reach teenage years.

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Cause A Stink?

1:40pm Tuesday 8th April 2008

When a friend and I were best friends at Runcorn Parish school we got into many scrapes.

What's In a Name?

12:49pm Tuesday 29th January 2008

Gone are the good old days when our babies were called after grandparents and names were passed down the family line.

History Repeats Itself?

3:38pm Monday 14th January 2008

While trying to buy a hot water bottle for a very cold new bedroom, I suddenly realised that Great Britain was starting to look like an old episode of the Glums on black and white T. V.

The Curse Of The Green Gherkins

12:13pm Sunday 16th December 2007

This story concerns a very good friend of mine for many years.

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