Memories
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The Bucks Head And London Road
Opposite the Majestic Cinema, you can just see the Tudor brickwork of the Bucks Head Inn, on the London Road corner. It was very rare that my Dad would go in, but we would be sent there at certain times of the year. ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by
A Strong Memory
I was born in 1931. During the war I spent about 1 year in Walkford, at the home of a great aunt in the village of Walkford. The maternal ancestry of my family is in Walkford. My great aunt had a house on I guess the Ringwood road. ...Read more
A memory of Walkford in 1943 by
Memories Of The Queens Head Willsbridge
At the bottom of Willsbridge and Brockham hills, on a busy Bath to Bristol road, stands an unassuming little building called The Queen's Head public house. Unlike other pubs in the vicinity, The Queen's ...Read more
A memory of Willsbridge in 1860 by
This Started With The Name Wharton
Adams had a poultry farm in Duck Pond Lane (left hand side of Sainsburys). They lived in a big grand house at the bottom of Woodchurch Lane; it fronted onto Prenton Road West. There was a plaque on the outhouse ...Read more
A memory of Oxton in 1954 by
A Great Start To Life Growing Up In North Bitchburn
Here are just a few of my childhood memories of my youth in North Bitchburn. My name is Ian Pinkney, I lived at No 10 Constantine Road, along with my father Raymond, he was in charge of ...Read more
A memory of North Bitchburn
Park Farm
Having just read the article on Park Farm written by Gillian Emerton, I am the above mentioned Glenys, nee Button. Those where the days. I can remember all the things that Gillian wrote about making butter with her mum ...Read more
A memory of Kettlethorpe by
Dorstone In The Golden Valley
In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more
A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by
Mitcham, 1941 1961
I moved to Mitcham in 1941 as a 3 year old having been "bombed out" elsewhere. Many of the memories in these pages are similar to mine. But perhaps not this. As a ten year old my mate Tony Burls and I lived near the Swan Inn. We ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1941 by
Brampton Road Primary School
I began my school days during the 1950's at Brampton Road Primary School, Bexleyheath. My over-riding memory is a time of innocence, wonder and happiness, where we were given freedom to learn and be creative in a ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
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