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Over 70 years ago, when I was about three or four years old, my parents and I would travel from Luton to see my maternal grandmother, Kate Whymark, who was the widow of Ernest Whymark. I never met Ernest, as he fell off ...Read more

A memory of Little Cornard by Maggie Reeves

I remember being taken down to Alfriston in the 1930s before the Second World War. My great-aunt and great-uncle, Polly and Arthur Newell, had a smallholding on the downs, about half a mile from ...Read more

A memory of Alfriston by Margaret Mosley

Millie Grinsted nee Cheeseman was my great aunt. She was the sister of my paternal grandfather William Edward Cheeseman. I remember staying with her and Edward at times during and after the war. I remember on one ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1940 by Ian Cheeseman

My father Ron Burchell worked at the shop seen in this photograph.  The Burchell family had lived in the village for generations.  The owner of the shop was Edward Grinstead and his wife Millie who was my godmother. ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1940 by Wendy Carey

I lived at what is now Old County View at Hett Hills from 1959 to 1963. My sister and her husband - Sam Wears, had a house built in the garden next door to us. There was a square of about 6 houses behind us which were demolished around ...Read more

A memory of Hett Hills in 1959 by John Crawford

This was of course taken long before Burnt House Cottage was built.  This was where my grandmother Ruth Hare lived.  The cottage is now to the right of the road.  In the background are accommodation blocks at Carver Barracks ...Read more

A memory of Wimbish in 1980 by Andrew Wright

My family has had a long association with Dymchurch since the 1890s, first at Barn House and later at Grantchester Cottage in Sycamore Gardens. Six of my family are buried in the churchyard and two are named on the war ...Read more

A memory of Dymchurch in 1946 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

The 1955 photos reflect a time well remembered by myself and many of the following will be recalled by old 'locals'. N90085. Home to Arthur Schlater and Norwegian wife. Not widely known is ...Read more

A memory of Newick

My first school was Botany; now a house. Children from the local villages went to Botany School until they reached the age of ten, then to Chedworth School. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Calcot in 1940 by Dorothy Lawrence

I moved to Stubbington as a 6 year old to the Red Lion Estate. My father like so many  on that estate was in the Royal Navy based at Portsmouth. I remember Foster's school and especially the daffodils by the fence ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by Lorraine Emery