I remember... Characters

• "...This figure was Mr Howitt, the local joiner and undertaker, returning from a rabbit-hunting expedition" Read more from Charles Forrest
• "There was Anne Kane: the gaun aboot body'. She always got somewhere to sleep - a barn or somewhere like that - and people would give her pieces" Read more from Sheila and Jean
• "I bought my fish from the friendly fish wife who stood on the corner by Montpelier House with her basket and board." Read more from Jean Craig
• "Bert Porteous wore a grey overall to work (a devil to iron) and kept a pencil behind his ear." Read more from Jeanette Stacey (nee Porteous)

• Characters
• Childhood
• Churches
• Farms
• Health
• Houses
• Mills
• Schools
• Shops
• Streets
• The War
• Transport
• Village Facilities
• Work