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Penerley Lodge, Beaulieu My great-grandfather Francis Henry Wells worked at Penerley Lodge as a domestic servant for the Hartopp family. He then travelled with them to Little Dalby Hall, Leicestershire around 1888 as a coachman. The ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1880 by Barbara Roycroft

I found myself in Plymouth just before Christmas 1966. I was pregnant and unmarried. Upon arrival at the Woodside home for unmarried mothers I was taken into the bosom of that wonderful establishment and strange as it may seem it was one of ...Read more

A memory of Plymouth in 1966 by Christine Ramsey

I too remember as a child visiting Paddock Wood with my nan, every year we would all pile into the back of a lorry and set of to the hop field. What wonderful memories, days I will never forget. We all came from Chiswick. Is there ...Read more

A memory of Paddock Wood in 1954 by Brian Faulkner

I lived in Great Wakering (Twyford Avenue) from 1960-65 although my mother had been born and raised there as had her mother and grandparents. I attended the junior school and then the secondary school. The secondary ...Read more

A memory of Great Wakering in 1960 by Judi Upson (Nee Stamp)

Although our family surname is Norfolk we all came originally from Yorkshire! Great-Grandad was James Henry Norfolk who was born in Dunkeswick, near Harewood, in 1845. ...Read more

A memory of Potternewton in 1910 by John Howard Norfolk

My mother's family all came from Tring, my grandparents were married at St Peter and St Paul, I was christened there. I was born at Whitecloud Farm which was used as a hospital during the Second World War. The Mosses must have bought it ...Read more

A memory of Tring by Rosemary Macpherson