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I went to NGS in 1939. It was a great school. Those school dinners cooked on site by Annie the cook and the smell coming up the corridor about 11o'clock. I remember when they started building the air raid shelters at the top ...Read more

A memory of Earlestown in 1930 by William Smith

I believe the Mini Van parked by the clock tower belonged to my auntie, Masie Hockaday, who owned the Thicket Cottage Riding Stables in Houghton. She bought one of the first Minis off the production line. It ...Read more

A memory of Houghton in 1960

As a lad, in the fifties after Sunday lunch, my father would drive my mother, my two sisters and I to Seasalter. The beach was made up of pebbles and shells, not as comfortable as the sandy beaches further into Kent, on the other hand the ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1958

In the late 1960's I bought an Austin Healy from Deeds of Sidcup. They were lovely people to do business with. I shipped the car back to the states and my friends were so excited to see an automobile with a right hand drive.

A memory of Sidcup by Richard Eyges

When I was ten years old this old tree was a delight. Ancient and hollow inside, we children were able to crawl inside while mother did her shopping. We watched people pass on their way to and from the blacksmith, the grocer or the ...Read more

A memory of Yattendon in 1956 by Maggi Stamp Loshak

The tall building at the bottom left hand side of the slipway leading down to the beach was used by a Mr Axford who had two or three wooden rowing boats that he hired out by the hour.  He would sit on a bench outside ...Read more

A memory of Porthpean in 1951 by Peter Marks

My Memories of Lifton. I was born in 1946 lived in Lifton until I got married in 1971. I lived in Fore Street, next door lived Mr Brown, he used to repair shoes in his little shed in the garden and I used to watch him working. ...Read more

A memory of Lifton in 1960 by Brian Keighley

Hello to anyone who may be interested. It was delightfull to chance upon this site. I lived in Storrington from approx 1952 until 1968. The first picture of Storrington shows the cottages which my parents bought in the early 1960s. ...Read more

A memory of Storrington in 1961 by Geraldine Midwinter

Some years ago I bought an old book at Greenwich Market. The book carries an inscription to "Sybil Shillabeer from the Chisledon Wesleyan Sunday School May 1931". It is a childrens book entitled The Golden Cushion Story Book by ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1930 by Agnes Harvey

My grandfather bought one of these ex-RAF officers bungalows after the Second World War so that the family could have a holiday base. In the B850004 photo, our bungalow is roughly alongside the white car you can see parked ...Read more

A memory of Barmston in 1953 by Peter Rodger