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My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old ...Read more

A memory of Warsash in 1960 by Richard Barron

We stayed in a chalet near the tuck shop behind the dunes. Me, my brothers and sisters. I recall one year we were sitting on the roof of the chalet and some Navy fighter planes flew just over our heads nearly knocking us ...Read more

A memory of Talacre in 1968 by Adam Tomkinson

This was a right pain, going from Barossa County Secondary School along to the TV mast, sorry, monster thing, and getting lost (conveniently) to be late to avoid the cold showers,. We used to have some good bonfire nights ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1968 by Stephen Bunce

I was born in St Helen's Hospital at Hastings and lived in the village from 1955-1965 and then again from 1969- 1972. I remember the River Rother flooding and then freezing over, which was great fun as people ...Read more

A memory of Robertsbridge in 1960 by Ivy Sharp

My family first came to live in Studwell Lodge, which they bought from the Bruce family,  when my father retired from farming in Berkshire at the age of fifty five. It was then 1959 and I, ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1960 by Charles Skipwith

sat morning pie chips and beans plus a coke tony and jim . direct works dept peter sent for a long stand at 10.00 am returned at 3.00 the rainbow was his long stand and tommy nisbet was not pleased with a certain mr diamond and slowey .hey tommy cairns still have dreams ofshirley bassey

A memory of Coatbridge in 1964

Hi, my name is Susan Thompson, formerly Hawkins and I'm 54, I was born in the above address and lived there for 18 years although my parents lived there for over 40 years. I went to Brook St. school finally ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1967 by Susan Thompson

My grandparents lived and worked in Cowden. I spent all of my holidays with them from an early age from about 1965 to the late 1970s. My granddad worked on the railways and then with Leighs builders (Edenbridge) and after he retired he ...Read more

A memory of Cowden in 1967 by Michele Turrell

I was a child that lived at the 'Sister Butler's orphanage' in the early I960s.  This message is to anyone that was also at the orphanage at that time, particularly Alison Burbidge, as I have read her account ...Read more

A memory of Hinton Martell in 1960 by Mark Smith

When I was three or four years old I visited Cawsand for a family holiday. I remember it very clearly because, for various reasons, it was the only holiday we all went on together. I am hoping someone might be able to solve an on-going ...Read more

A memory of Cawsand in 1967 by Patricia Adams