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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

I grew up in Babbacombe in the 1950s and 60s and it was such a friendly busy place with the local shops Stephens and Bowdens the two greengrocers, Canns the fishmongers, the butchers and of course the fish and chip shop ...Read more

A memory of Babbacombe in 1959 by Glynis Elliott

My name is Margaret.  I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in the ...Read more

A memory of Sittingbourne in 1971 by namscox

My Grandparents William Garside and Evelyn Bowden were married on 29th February 1896 in Cardiff and Grandad lived in Roath prior to his marriage. I imagine they may have also stood in this spot when courting, looking quite similar.

A memory of Cardiff in 1890

The gentleman pushing a cart in the foreground of this picture is my grandfather, Ernest Pearce (1895-1970). The cart was used to transport bundles of sticks that he cut for sale as firewood. They were sold for 4d a bundle. This ...Read more

A memory of Clowne in 1950 by June Harvey

I was at Clare School in the latter part of the fifties and recently visited East Coker and was unable to find the school. Mr H T Bowden started the school. What has happened to the old building?

A memory of East Coker in 1957 by Robin Mc Cormack

The famous Suiss Psychologist Carl Gustav Jung held one of his first Cornish seminars at POLZEATH in 1923. In order to celebrate this event I am looking for any information about this ...Read more

A memory of St Minver by Neil Bowden

My sister Margaret and I would walk from our "Yarford Cottage "through the US army camp at Tetton Park on our way to school which was then next to the church. Charlie Barrett was the game keeper, Captain and Mrs Pawson ...Read more

A memory of Kingston St Mary in 1943 by David Selley

I was born at 18, Cranleigh Gardens on the 23/05/1936, my was born in Whites Cottage, Kings Street Southall onthe 26//091905 my grandfather was Southall first fire officer my ...Read more

A memory of Southall by juron2009

I was born in 1952 in Redruth, but we lived in the prefabs which were built in Pengegon after the war. Two years later we emigrated to South Africa, where I still live. My mother, Thora Horler (nee Bawden) still talks ...Read more

A memory of Redruth in 1952 by Vivien Horler