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My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

I cannot remember a time where Flimby did not feature in my life. My father was born on Ryehill Road, and my grandfather was born and bred in Flimby. It once was a pit village and my grandfather John Watters was an engineer, his father was the ...Read more

A memory of Flimby by Sharon Swallow

How a Family that came to south Cambridgeshire Clifford John Masters, My Story I was born in 4 Chaucer Cottages Foxton on the 9th February 1940 The houses backed onto the “park” all ...Read more

A memory of Barrington by masters.clifford2

We moved to Yew Tree Cottage, out on the Forest, in December 1940, when I was 20 months old, and my father finally sold up in the early 1980s. I loved the Forest, and was allowed to roam free from an early age. ...Read more

A memory of Colemans Hatch by Vivien Barber

My previous memories caused quite a bit of interest and several people who either knew me, or the area got in touch. I thought I would add a bit more to those memories. I mentioned how close we were to the bombing range ...Read more

A memory of Blissford by Nevile Chalke

Now as a baby of the swinging sixties (1966 to be exact) we didn't see the Beatles or Elvis Presley but we did have the lads coming home from the local pubs singing their hearts out. The pubs ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash by Clive Francis

I remember the Maternity Unit being built. My father was on the committee that planned it and it was paid for by the Nuffield Trust, as was the Diagnostic Centre. I remember dad telling me that 'it cost £1,000 a bed' and there were 40 ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Pat Carlyle Aldaya Pat@Positivdesign.Com

I am writing in the hope that someone can shed some light on my maternal grandmother, Ethel Mary Wright. Ethel was admitted to St Peter's Home, Kilburn in January 1926. The admissions register when being admitted to St ...Read more

A memory of Widmer End by malcp

There seems to be a thought that Smallbridge goes from Wardle Rd to Albert Royd St. It also goes in the opposite direction, namely Wardle Rd to Birch Rd, including Greengate and Hurstead. My dad was born at 1 ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge by Mildred Fielding

Yateley, from my researches,was a very quiet village, yet being close to Sandhurst Military Acadamy & not that far from Aldershot, was a bolt hole for the military top brass, hence some large elegant houses. One, Glebe House, in Vicarage ...Read more

A memory of Eversley by Janet Mains