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Not so much as a memory but an observation. The butchers shop shown in foreground - Snellings - is still there and the board to the front of the railings had what was on that week at the local cinema - The Commodore, long since demolished.

A memory of St Mary Cray in 2006 by Graham Wootten

Tring hosts a lovely Christmas shopping evening each year when the High Street is decorated, the shop windows have illuminated Christmas displays and stay open late and the place is ...Read more

A memory of Tring in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

In 2001 my husband Derek and I visited Assington. We had been researching Derek's family history, and had discovered that his great-great-grandfather John Crisell was the bailiff, in the middle of the 19th century, at Society Farm, ...Read more

A memory of Assington in 2001 by Rosemary Bennett

A quite recent memory but I visited in 2003 thanks to the kindness of my relative Josephine Dixon [dec.]. We are both related to the Byatt and Collis families from Alton. It was great to see where our family lived and worked, ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 2003 by David Cassells

Chudleigh hosts a wonderful Christmas late night shopping evening each year when the Christmas lights in Fore Street are switched on. The shops stay open until late evening and their windows ...Read more

A memory of Chudleigh in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

I recently visited Kirdford with my mother to try and trace family history. My mother is a Pullen and all her ancestors originated from Kirdford, we visited the graveyard and lo and behold found some Pullen ...Read more

A memory of Kirdford in 2006 by Carol Spicer

Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. It has barely changed in a hundred years. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, Lerryn lies at the tidal head ...Read more

A memory of Lerryn in 2004 by Peter Marks

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

I revisited Edern & Morfa Nefyn after my last visit which was in 1954 with my Mum and Dad as a 12 year old child. I remembered everywhere and my husband was worried I would be disappointed as things would have changed, but they had not. ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn in 2005 by Iris Bland

I had never been to the north of England, I am a Cockney London girl, four years ago I met my angel of the north, I came to Seaburn where he lived, I love the place and the people, for the first time in my life I felt a sense ...Read more

A memory of Seaburn in 2007 by Gillian Marison