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As far back that I can remember, it was the summer of 1934 when I first started school at St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Calcutta Road. I sat next to a friend that I had made (John Toole) Who later in life emigrated to Canada and was ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by John Ryan

I went to The Little School which was by the crossroads in Hartford. Part of The Grange School. Housed the kindergarten and the 1s. I was there 1964 - 1966. My teachers hers included Mrs Wood, Miss Hatton. The playground seemed ...Read more

A memory of Hartford by Liz Hicks

Hi Bill tellford I'm trying to find out about my dad I am to believe he work at the bakery in 1963 when I was born I think his friend was Frank Smith he was called Laurence Carew a black man if you can help in any way to trace him thank you my email is sheilapresley63@hotmail.com or 07456406046

A memory of Roundthorn by Sheila Brook

I was born at Inshriach in 1949. My dad worked at the sawmill so we would lived in one of the houses there. My older brother went to school in Lagganlia. He has memories from then but unfortunately I don’t . I have been back but can’t ...Read more

A memory of Inshriach by Moira Martin

The photograph shows on the left where my gran lived, in the centre is where my granddad lived, and out of sight is the house where I was born. I fell in the river many times, once when it was at full flood an old man pulled me out with his walking stick.

A memory of Malmesbury in 1946 by David W Reeves

My grand x3 grandfather James Sewell lived at Harrow Farm, he worked as a farm labourer. There was land named Sewells land which was auction by the Boggis estates and sold in 1914. Another ancestor, James, was a publican and ...Read more

A memory of South Hanningfield in 1870 by Sarah Hay

I was born in Chelsfield in March 1945 at The Bunglaow, Crown Rd/Warren Rd. I was born on the day that the last doodle bug bomb was sent over by the Germans and it dropped not far from where I was born. I have been told that ...Read more

A memory of Chelsfield by Janet Newton

What a wonderful site.  These photos bring back so many lovely memories. From this one I can see the house I grew up in (34 High St) and my Dad's cinema. This photo was taken the year that I was born.  I can also see the hospital ...Read more

A memory of Berkeley in 1961 by Georgina Herbert

I was born in Caerbryn in 1949 and I lived at 4 Caerbryn Terrace along at that time with my granny and grandad, mum and dad and my sister Gill who is thirteen months older than me. The terrace was then just the twenty houses ...Read more

A memory of Cae'r-bryn in 1959 by First Name Last Name

My gt-uncle, Thomas Higgs was a Footman here in 1911, although how the heck he got here from Spratton, Northants, where he was born is anybody's guess! I'd love to know.

A memory of Scawby in 1910 by Ronnie Johnson