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I was born in 1952 and lived in this village untill I was 22. My home was no3, the red brick semi in the centre of photo and later no5, the white house right hand side. These houses were called Kerrsland Cottages and were owed by ...Read more

A memory of Hurtmore in 1977 by Janet Wilde

These memories are as fresh in my mind as if they happened last week. Boston had its share of air raids, the first one was on a rainy Monday, it was July, the first day of our summer school holidays. It would be about 7.15 am when we heard a ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

Burgate is where the Castle Cinema used to be. That brings back lots of happy memories of days gone by. I went to the cinema as a child, and then worked there, on the projectors with Ron Rich. The White Horse pub was ...Read more

A memory of Pickering by anneandchibby

I think the boy in the picture is my cousin Michael (Jake). He moved into 39 Bargates with his parents my aunt and uncle in 1955 one of the first residents. My aunt and uncle still live there.

A memory of Box in 1955 by Carol Gale

My grandparents lived in Ditcheat; Sarah and Hubert Burrows. They had three daughters, Elisabeth (Bessie), Gertrude (Gertie), Pamela and also a son Mettford (Mett) Burrows. My mother Pamela, like her siblings, was ...Read more

A memory of Ditcheat in 1952 by Pam Mears

I was born at 23 Fotheringay Road in March 1959, across from the Spar Shops, where at one time my uncle Bert ran an Askit van. On my way to Woodnewton School, he always gave me a Kitkat. He stayed on Argyle Street, behind the town centre. ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Thomson Kerr

My family on both my mother and father's side at one time came from Whitchurch. My gran and great granny were born there. My great granny never left the town in all of her 92 years,she died in 1948 after having 11 children. Looking at these ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch by debiroper1

Can anyone tell me the name of the Public House that was situated in High Street Burton, opposite side of the road to The Burton Mail Offices (before the Bargates was built), around mid to late 1950's? There was an ...Read more

A memory of Burton upon Trent by Alan Shuttleworth

On returning from the Middle East, my family holed up across the water at Fawley. A big city was very exciting for me and after getting off the Hythe Ferry it was all bomb craters up to about the Dolphin. Above Bar was ...Read more

A memory of Southampton in 1954 by Jeannette Lomas

Hi, I don't remember the name of the house that was there before Budgens, but I do know that it was a kindergarten as I attended it in the late 40's. I do remember that the entrance was a five-bar gate. Chris

A memory of Shepperton in 1949