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Memories
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A Kids Heaven And Hell
A St Marychurch boy, I lived at Hampton Farm Cottage, St Marychurch... and I can still smell the tar and the salt from old fisher and other boats pulled up on Oddicombe beach... and I can still feel the beautiful shining ...Read more
A memory of Oddicombe Beach in 1940 by
A Polzeath Lad
I grew up in Polzeath and my two best mates also lived in the area, sadly, both dead now. I remember in the summers the CSSM coming down and staying in New Polzeath, arranging lots of beach games in the afternoons but building a 'Pulpit" ...Read more
A memory of Polzeath by
A Tiny Hamlet Lost In Time
The year was 1970. Myself and a friend were typical 15 year old youths of the time, well, typical for our type of neighborhood. We had long hair, pierced ears, denim jeans and jackets and owned but a couple of shillings ...Read more
A memory of Trelights in 1970 by
A Walk From Shotgate Baptist Church To Wick Lane
My name is Kevin Mears, I lived in Wickford from my birth in 1958 until I got married in 1980. I shall describe my memories of Wickford as a couple of walks around the Wickford area. My first walk ...Read more
A memory of Wickford by
A Wartime Reminder Of Italian Prisoners Of War
During the Second World War there was an Italian prisoner of war camp at Penleigh, on the outskirts of Wells in Somerset. The Italian POWS were put out to work on local farms, and one of them was Gaetano ...Read more
A memory of Wells in 1940 by
A Watchet Boy
I was born in Woodland Road in 1948. The houses were brand new. I used to watch the builders from Dates going up the road to work on the houses at the top. I would stand on next door's doorstep and swear at them as they passed. My ...Read more
A memory of Watchet by
A Year To Remember
How well I remember arriving at Wells-next-the-Sea from Leicester as a new bride. My husband was a former high school pen-friend who was now in England serving in the U.S Air Force, having been in the country from his ...Read more
A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1951 by
A Young Girls Memories Of Ww1
When my Mother passed away in 1999 I had the unhappy task of clearing out her Warden Controlled little flat. Amongst her possessions I came across an old history project I had done at school in the 1970s for which I ...Read more
A memory of Handsworth in 1910
A Bad Memory Of A Lovely Place
I was sent to Hayling Island in 1947, I was about 7 years old and had suffered 2 bouts of Scarlett fever. This had left me in a low state of health & it was thought I would benefit from a spell in a ...Read more
A memory of Hayling Island in 1947 by
A Coastal Walk In North Devon
Last weekend I had a glorious gentle walk from Hunters Inn down the track to Heddons Mouth with my wife Elizabeth and two friends, Valerie and Jim. We parked our car by the National Trust buildings up the lane from ...Read more
A memory of Ilfracombe in 2008 by
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