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My Nana and Grandad Evelyn and Tom Gordon Walton, my dad's parents, retired to Alder Cottage, Crook Bank, Theddlethorpe. As a child I lived in a cottage in the grounds until moving away. But my brothers ...Read more

A memory of Theddlethorpe St Helen in 1950 by Myra Turner

I started at Rosary Priory in 1953 when I was 8 and left at 18. I was so happy there that our 2 daughters attended the senior school until we moved to Wiltshire. When I first started at RP the only building was the ...Read more

A memory of Bushey Heath in 1953 by Denise Davies

I am from Ellesmere Port, in the 1950s we always took our summer holidays at my Aunty Annie's in Manton. Hardwick Road West. Her full name was Mrs A Gornall and she was headmistress at Lincoln Street School, Worksop. We also used to visit ...Read more

A memory of Gateford in 1950 by Tom Owen

What a surprise to find a picture of Pinehurst Caravan Park, very likely the only postcard to survive! The site was in Hewarts Lane, Rose Green. My late mother and my great-aunt purchased a caravan 'Romany' on the site and ...Read more

A memory of Aldwick in 1958 by Colin Read