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Just opposite the Buddle School, There stands paper shop, Throughout my youth I as a rule, Would almost daily stop. From Nineteen seventy seven, Until the Eighties took their bow. This shop was ran by Tommy, Sadly no longer with ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by James Bridgewood

Many years ago, I promised to buy Dad a drink in the "Labour In Vain" public house in Oldswinford, a hostelry that the family has talked about for generations. I had driven past it once before in the 1980s but at that time ...Read more

A memory of Old Swinford in 1994 by Chris Skelding

My memory relates to the years 1946-ish to 1960 but I couldn't get all that in at the top! I was born in 1943 at 148 Somerset Street, an 'upstairs house' which we would now call a maisonette, the home of my ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1946 by Ann Hastings

Dad recalled that when the USAF were based there, probably around 1955, maybe earlier, he'd decided to take a drive up the road that skirted the base to see if he could spot the new ...Read more

A memory of Woodbridge in 1950 by Barbara Smith

Primary school teacher was Miss Barbara Chisolm. She married a local farmer, Jack Cumming, and they farmed Abbeylands at least until the early fifties. The house and farm buildings were demolished and several ...Read more

A memory of Pluscarden in 1930 by Trudy Hardie

We were on holiday in the village of Killin, Perthshire, when my daughter announced she wanted to explore further north, no special destination, just to 'up and go'. I was concerned at her taking this trip alone, and ...Read more

A memory of Ullapool in 1982 by Margaret Mosley

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Born in Woking in 1945 I lived in New Haw from 1947 to 1964, firstly at Warren Road and then from 1949 in Braeside. I remember Mrs Crab at West Byfleet Primary who taught me to read; I remember Mr Bean ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1947 by David Imisson

I was born in Carlton Road in 1937. Got bombed out when a landmine dropped down the road and we were evacuated to Clacton while my Dad worked down the Underground tunnel when his factory and the machines were moved away ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park by Alan Stanley

My dad was in the Army and we travelled the world. We came back to the UK from Germany at the end of the 60's, I was about 12 or 13. We lived at the top of some steps that only had two houses, we could see right across the fields ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp by stewarts534