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We moved from London to Chainhurst in 1961 into a small cottage two doors away from the Royal Oak Public House. I remember they let us use an upstairs room once a week so we could play records and I suppose keep us off ...Read more

A memory of Chainhurst by Dawn Brady

Hullo, Martock and Bower Hintoners of 1962! My name is Richard James. Currently I am 86 and still ‘ with it’ , I like to think. The happiest teaching year of my whole life was at Martock, and I was the ...Read more

A memory of Bower Hinton by Richard James

I'm Alison, I remember alot of kids there , I used to share a room with the older Alison before she left. Does anyone remember Christina? A carer may be a nun lol Anee was by far my favourite very sadly missed. Anyone ...Read more

A memory of Long Hanborough by airsupply002

I was brought up in Glenboig. I went to the school that sank, what great memories I have of the old teachers, Mr Mcafee, Mr Gallacher, Mr O'Neill, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Deerie, Mrs Egan and Mrs Clinton in Room 1. I had moved away by the ...Read more

A memory of Glenboig by Maria Graham

My mother, Gladys Fordham, was born in Linton in 1903. Her father, Herbert, was a local butcher. As a child in the 1950s, summer holidays would always mean a trip to Linton and I would visit my grandfather at his home ...Read more

A memory of Linton by jjoday

I can remember when Big Wesley was demolished to make way for the new "British Homestores", seems that things are turning full circle. It must have been in the late 1950`s when my pals and I used to play on the demolished ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough by ian.cromack296

I am a descendant of the first Hintons to live in this hamlet since 1066 - according to an old manuscript I am researching. I have found several very interesting items I will be including in my updating of this ...Read more

A memory of Hinton-in-the-Hedges by Margie Hinton

My paternal grandparents lived and worked at Polesden Lacey from circa 1899 to 1906, under, first, Sir Clinton Dawkins and then later Mrs Greville. Their first born was at a large house in Leatherhead; their second born was ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Edward Penning

One of my memories was 1966 when we won the World Cup and my dad sent me to the local greengrocer to tell them we'd won. I also remember walking every day to my school, St Luke's, Linton Grove, West Norwood from Dunbar Place and the ...Read more

A memory of West Norwood by Christina Green

My first memory of Ottershaw was the big freeze in the early 50's when, with a friend's help, I built a snow wall across Bousley Rise near to the top of the hill just before our house "Lintons". My father James Daborn [Jim] was not ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw by tvsafrica