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My only recollection of East Barsham was in 1961 when my then boyfriend, now husband of nearly 50 years, drove past the gate and pointed out "Thats where mother was born". Since then I have visited ...Read more

A memory of East Barsham by Pam Hewer

My first school on moving from South London to 124, Brook Road was High Cannons at Well End. Then to Lyndhurst, a few teachers from memory : Tony Smith, Mr Thurston, Mr Fennel and who could forget Wendy Watford & her ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1960 by Stephen Ruby

I was evacuated when I was 9 with my sister to East Buckland in May 1940, and we stayed with Mr and Mrs Coles at Lower Pit Farm. They looked after us very well and we became part of the village scene. I would ...Read more

A memory of East Buckland in 1940 by John Grant

As a Chichester High School girl who lived in Yapton, I used to change from the 65 bus at Barnham and catch the Chichester train in the morning, and vice versa in the afternoon. The 20-minute bus wait at ...Read more

A memory of Barnham in 1953 by Josephine Hammond

1934 onwards. The first school I attended was in Wixoe. Many happy days were spent there under the guidance of Miss Harmer, later succeeded by Miss Watts and Miss Turner, later suceeded by Miss Bareham. I ...Read more

A memory of Helions Bumpstead

I came to Bookham on the 23rd of Sept 1959 from Ireland. I started working at the Bookham Grange Hotel which was then owned and run by Leslie Colwill. Iwas 16 years old then and as green as the country I had come from. ...Read more

A memory of Little Bookham by Jim Coughlan

My name is Geoff and I attended Broxhill School from 1967 until 1972. The school was a pretty substandard Secondary Modern School during my time there but, I understand, it became a Comprehensive in 1973. I was ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Geoff Hills

I was wondering if anyone who lives, lived or knows anything about Abercwmboi, would be able to give me some information on the old lodge house/ gate house? It is just before the Fern ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi by Sophie Hill

You may like to know that I today attended the funeral of the chatelaine of The Manor, Lady Valerie Guinness. After the war my father Peter bought the rectory at Sculthorpe about three miles from East Barsham and the ...Read more

A memory of East Barsham in 1946 by John Labouchere

My parents and brother were evacuated to Cullumpton and I was born in Tiverton Hospital in January 1941. We moved to West Monkton where my father managed the garage, my mother worked the petrol pumps and we all lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Taunton in 1942