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Lived at Pepper Hill, cottages attached to Tittenley Farm. Also lived at Tittenley Lodge, which had marked an entry to Shavington Park and Tittenley Pool. I remember Shavington Hall well. My mother, Jane, was ...Read more

A memory of Shavington Park in 1957 by Jeffrey R Timmis

My grandparents moved from Whitley Bay to Ainstable in 1948 when my grandfather retired (Jack and Kate Storey). My parents moved with them, and then took the Red Lion at Gamblesby in 1952 (Jack and Ethel Storey). I had a ...Read more

A memory of Gamblesby in 1951 by Katherine Walker

My grandmother Doris Palmer, lived in Craft Cottage which is right next to the pump. We spent all our family holidays there during the 50's and 60's. Granny was a war widow and she worked in Adams tobacconist, which was on the ...Read more

A memory of Steyning in 1958 by Simon Palmer

I worked at The Pleasaunce from 1958 - 1961. My memories of wonderful Christmas house parties, and 'tradesmens' parties on New Years Day when all the tradesmen who had any contact with the Pleasaunce over the year, ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand in 1958

My friend used to live in one of the small cottages on Nannygoats Common. I think there was a scrap metal merchant who also lived in same row, I think his name was Tiny Wakefield. Today flats and more flats dominate this area, ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1956

The Institute School, was opposite the White Hart Hotel, Upper Bradford Street, Braintree. I attended this school c.1950-51. Then Principal was Miss A Thompson; teachers remembered were Miss ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1950 by Diana Lee Gobbitt

I lived in one of the cottages at Woodhorn, my dad worked on the farm. I remember a big windmill behind the houses. We had no indoor toilet, had to go cross the back lane, and no bathroom, had a tin tub, we had hot water from the ...Read more

A memory of Woodhorn in 1954 by Lorraine Preston

I used to visit my grandparents (Gran and Robert Pearce) in 2 Tanyard Cottages when I was a small boy between 1949/55. I can remember the cottage next door was owned by Mr and Mrs Lindsell and their ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1950 by Bob Newton

Hello to all. I was born to Irish Parents who lived in Essex in 1956. My birth is registered from Club Cottage, Kingsmoor Road, Great Parndon in Essex. My Mum was a caretaker and assistant at a Girls school, that year. Rose ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon in 1956 by Roseanna Donohoe

I was born in 1954 and my parents June and Fred Arnold moved into railway cottages shortly after. They renamed the cottage Kadivi Cottage after myself, sister and brother were born (Diane, Karen and Vincent). It still has the name ...Read more

A memory of Dutton in 1954 by Diane Lloyd