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As the ex-landlord of the Queens Head in Eynsham have many fond memories of the village and my customers, and cricket club of which I was president-1975-78. Known as the village with the most pubs, of which i have visited all, ...Read more

A memory of Eynsham in 1974 by lawrand

I had returned to UK from Queensland to visit my mother who was ill and waiting at the platform entrance at Waterloo station when a former colleague from Post Office Overseas Telegraph came up to me and we began a ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1978 by John Scott

My friend lived at the Queens Head pub shown in the Bell Street photo, when we were cold and hungry we used to go to the Bank Chip shop (just out of shot at the top right of the picture, on the curve of the road ...Read more

A memory of Wigston in 1971 by Sue Chapman

I lived in Talbot Road back then with my foster sisters and our wonderful Foster Mum Mrs. Jones. I can remember attending Orchard Road Junior School durring the Queens Silver Jubilee and getting a coin with the ...Read more

A memory of Dibden Purlieu in 1977 by Andrew Price

In the 1970s I was a school girl at the old school building, in the 70s a small two classroom premises.  Those of us there, living in the village, were taught by the Head Mistress, my mother Mrs Jennifer ...Read more

A memory of Marhamchurch in 1971 by Ruth Newport

Heading out of the village, our next port of call is the Scout Hut.  Was it still there?  Well the old gravel path that we used to walk or cycle up was blocked by new buildings. ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1970 by John Hughes

Yes the Queen's Head at Nutfield took a lot of money off the hard working Monotype apprentices. I was one of them. I am Graham Bourne. Terry Hindley and I would spend many a happy hour plus after overtime at "the Type" on ...Read more

A memory of Nutfield in 1970 by Graham Bourne

My Mother and I arrived in 1974, from a divorced Warrington and the dilapidation of the north-west. Merrily drinking tea and eating custard tarts in the bare miners' cottage living room, sitting in a deck chair and eating from a ...Read more

A memory of Gwespyr in 1977 by James Harrison

We moved to Needingworth in 1977 and bought a home 16 The Furlongs. We lived there until 1982. I worked at Silent Channel in the Industrial Engineering Office in Huntingdon and my then husband was in the RAF. I worked part ...Read more

A memory of Needingworth in 1977 by Lily Redmond

My memory of West Chiltington as a child is of a sleepy little village where everyone knew each other. As a child I could wander with friends and not be afraid as all the village people knew everyone else. A pleasant stroll up ...Read more

A memory of West Chiltington in 1972 by Carol Spicer