Nostalgic memories of Little Common's local history

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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An Image From My Memory....!

My mother passed away in 1955 just two days after my 12th birthday following which a couple who my father knew and who had a handicapped son in a children's home in the village in Suffolk where I lived took me to their home in Little Common for a few weeks holiday with them. I believe the house in the rear of the picture was adjoined to the then Lloyds Bank and was the house where they lived. You entered ...see more

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Added 03 June 2020

Summer Holidays

My grandparents lived in Little Common for as long as I can remember. My family spent many summer holidays at Grandma & Grandad's. In the early sixties we would take the train from Letchworth to King's Cross, a taxi to Victoria Station, then a train to Cooden Beach and a taxi to Grandma's. We would often walk to Cooden Beach to swim or sometimes catch the 259 bus to Bexhill. In the mid to late sixties, when ...see more