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I stayed in a little wooden chalet with my Companion, Sis Remund, when we were Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the Forss Estate. I remember the beautiful river, the sea of blue-bells in the ...Read more

A memory of Forss Ho (Hotel) in 1993 by Stephanie Reynolds

This poem was sent to mac by Mrs S. Holmes: Death of Chelmsley Wood The sheer delight of summer afternoons, As through the fields in cotton frocks we walked, The long grass licking at our gangly legs, While we in deep contentment ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsley Wood in 1995

I have very fond memories of Coldbackie. It’s one of those fantastic undiscovered gems in Sutherland. My grandparents bought a croft there in the 1950s and I spent much of my childhood playing at the beach, in the woods, or ...Read more

A memory of Coldbackie in 1990 by Charlie Davidson

Dear Herbie, You tell me so many great stories. I'd like to tell you one. On our way to Thirsk that day in 1990, Molly, Cassie and I spotted a castle tweaking our curiosity. We bumped over a 2 track path winding around and up ...Read more

A memory of Bottesford in 1990 by Phyl Matteson

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

My mother and father moved into The Kings Head when I was four, just after my nan and grandad bought it. It's a lovely pub and they still own it to this day. It's one hundred percent haunted as there are too many stories ...Read more

A memory of Tollesbury in 1993 by Ashleigh Gill

My grandparents Ada and Albert Buckley lived at 34 Barlow Road. My dad Roy Buckley died in 2005 and is buried in Davenham, St. Wilfred's I think. I used to always get excited when sitting next to my dad, driving ...Read more

A memory of Moulton in 1999 by Rob Buckley

My wife and I moved to Powick in the 1980s. Dating back to the late 1500s the whole row of (now four) houses were used by Cromwell as a hospital during the Civil war. It had no central heating and during our stay there we added that, ...Read more

A memory of Powick in 1991 by Fred Dager Brown

After staying in Quay Cottage several times and loving every one of them I still miss going back. On one visit I asked some local friends round for a BBQ , after a quick look around this original house I showed them ...Read more

A memory of Port Isaac in 1995