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What a wonderful building this was. My grandfather had an indoor market stall on a Wednesday and Saturday, he was known as the coin man of the Queensway Market. My grandmother worked here up to her retirement and beyond, till ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable in 1990 by Robert Moon

I was born and grew up in Kelsale and have known all the under named people at some stage. I am retired now and like Ann I am back living in Kelsale and have so many good (and not so good) memories I could relate about the ...Read more

A memory of Kelsale in 1995 by Bernard Whiting

I was a live-in carer on a working holiday with an agency in Guildford. Where the lady is walking, is a beautiful estate of apartments in which I worked. They are in the grounds of this estate in which sits an historic manor house / school / ...Read more

A memory of Merrow in 1993 by Michelle Legg

In 1974 I began researching the Buchan Lineage, which of course lead me back to Scotland, and Auchmacoy. My own blood had been three brothers who were local masons in the early 1700's and I longed to see their work. I had ...Read more

A memory of Auchmacoy in 1991 by Nancy L Buchan

I bought here in Surfleet in 1993. The house would be out of shot to the right and at the top of the bank. Whilst this shot is instantly recognisable, then viewer would now find far more property down by the riverside. In ...Read more

A memory of Surfleet in 1993 by Mark Gilby

My grandparents Jack and Pat Smith used to run the pub with Bob Genn when I was a child. I remember going up there to stay in the summer holidays with a boy called Oliver who lived over the moors. We used to play in the ...Read more

A memory of Midhopestones in 1990 by Sam Ellis

I come from Poland. I met L.T. Williams (Uncle Bill for me) when he was visiting Poland some years earlier. To be honest, he made me learn English, he invited me and my brother to Kirby then his son David ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby in 1994 by Joanna Witkowska Muszy?Ska

We moved from The Medway Towns in South-east of England in the early nineties to the West Midlands to go narrow boating on the canals. I worked for premier narrow boat builders Les Allen and Sons at Velencia Wharf ...Read more

A memory of Cradley Heath in 1992

I used to stay at Greenacres site with my partner who unfortunatly is now dead, and had many happy holidays there. We stayed in our friends caravan who sometimes came on holiday with us. Is the site still there. We also went on a tour of the Warners camp where they filmed Hi De Hi.

A memory of Dovercourt in 1990 by Adrian Fitt

My husband, daughter & I moved to Capel in 1991 to live in an apartment on the top floors of Lyne House. Lyne was the country house of the Broadwood family who were very famous piano makers. The mansion is a fascinating place to live ...Read more

A memory of Capel in 1991 by Susan Lee