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Thirteen of us there were, seven boys and six girls all living in the one house at the top of Melin Street, Cwmfelinfach. Of course we were never all living at home at the same time, but I can remember nine ...Read more

A memory of Cwmfelinfach by revdroycul

I believe that the original 'Fred' was an alias for a Elias Marsh b.1895, was a coal miner from Crook, County Durham. It is said that he walked to Slough around the time of the Jarrow marches. He is ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Nigel Marsh

My family first came to live in Studwell Lodge, which they bought from the Bruce family,  when my father retired from farming in Berkshire at the age of fifty five. It was then 1959 and I, as a ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1960 by Charles Skipwith

The horse and waggon is under the control of Mr Walter Bowers. He was our carrier. He would take my rabbits and my mother's chickens and eggs to market.

A memory of Boxford in 1955 by Nigel Clark

Hi my Dad used to work with John Wallis Drycleaners as a Van Driver (John Wallis was based in Windsor, Datchet & other towns with the Factory in Hillside, Chalvey) who ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by michael

Hi. I have lots of memories of Cam House throughout the 60's. My name is Desmond Lapham. My Mother Sybil Lapham was a long time domestic in Cam and also worked in most of the other houses as was her friend Connie Bowers who worked in ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield by sandramirandabeaumont

This lady was my auntie married to my dad's brother. She originally lived at Spring House, 62 Bower Hill, Epping and in the fifties my aunt and uncle built their bungalow in the back garden of Spring House, sold Spring House, and ...Read more

A memory of Epping by ros.boon

Cabot Knewell, with wife Joan (nee Joan I Smith), was the master butcher at Graham House, 6 Broad Street, Boxford, from the mid 1940s to the 1970s. To the right is the Fleece. To the left, Riddlestons ...Read more

A memory of Boxford by clive

One of three sons, Peter Came a local historian and former pupil of Danbury Infants and Juniors School who later became a teacher at Maldon School wrote extensively about the village in preparation for a book which ...Read more

A memory of Danbury in 1950

This picture shows clearly the row of small shops that greeted you as you left Freshfield Station on your walk to the village. Bowers (or was it Cross's) the bakers next to the railway track, baked their ...Read more

A memory of Freshfield in 1955 by Peter Roberts