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One freezing cold day in December 2010 I went for a long coastal walk while staying with our friends Valerie and Jim Bougnague in Portishead. I was fascinated to find what I thought was a small lighthouse ...Read more

A memory of Portishead in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

I live in France, but many of my ancestors come from Dorchester on Thames. It's too complicated to go into the history of how I managed to be living here on the border with Spain, but for me Dorchester is a ...Read more

A memory of Warborough in 2010 by David Monks

We live in Sycamore Farm which you can just see on the right of this picture. The rest of Repton Road has certainly changed in the last 50+ years but Sycamore Farm is still there. I would be interested in any old ...Read more

A memory of Willington in 2012 by John Houghton

It was the weekend of the Royal Wedding and on Sunday, the day before the May Bank Holiday, our friends in Grimspound Border Morris were in a party mood. Our own group of dancers ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 2011 by John Howard Norfolk

I have lived in a part of Bridgend called The Saints since April 3rd 2013 with my two small children. It wasn't until the middle of May I noticed we were not alone in the house, the house has spirits. Believe it or not I am ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 2013 by Darcy Davies Jones

Only sorry this is a black and white picture, as it does not do justice to the beauty and sound of this stream rippling along the pebbles as the water runs down. We had just 50 mins as we were in transition to Padstow, ...Read more

A memory of St Mawgan in 2013

The Mechanics Institute Library in Epworth has photographs and historical information relating to Temple Belwood. The Library is a very good source of local history and photographs for the whole of the Isle of Axholme.

A memory of Templeborough in 2013 by Christine Pledger

I live on the old grounds of the hospital and I just love Chartham. I'm a bit sad though because the Stinker School are moving up here and I think their knocking down the hospital.

A memory of Chartham in 2013

I don't remember any of my childhood until I moved to Peterlee in 1971. I was 5 years old at the time and was started at Eden Hall infants. When I moved to the big school aged 7 I was placed in Mrs Hoy's class, she was a ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 2014 by Stuart Wright

It has been a while since I have entered my memory bank, but the impending arrival of my first grandchild from my Australian marriage is reason enough, strangely (or not). I was invited to move to Brisbane to be near my eldest son in 2009 ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 2013 by John Scott