Nostalgic memories of Horsted Keynes's local history

Share your own memories of Horsted Keynes and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I came to live in Horsted Keynes from Australia in 1982 with my youngest son. He attended St Giles school. The dinner ladies, Eileen Clark, Jenny ? and one other lady were very kind to a small boy who had a major change in his life.
I attended primary school at Horstead Keynes briefly until it changed location a few miles away. (I went there as well but can't for the life of me recall the name of the place.)  The head mistress was the tall and formidable Mrs. Czerniak, (probably spelt wrongly!), a lady who gave me a good grounding in elementary arithmetic and reading, the latter standing me in good stead ever since. Her husband I ...see more