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It's not just the church at Ermington which has a crooked spire.The village has a traditional village inn called 'The Crooked Spire'. It's not particularly pretty to look at from the outside as there is just a narrow pavement ...Read more

A memory of Ermington in 2012 by John Howard Norfolk

The East Dart Hotel is located towards the middle of lonely Dartmoor and the drive there has fabulous views of the Tors. Mind you its not easy for a driver to admire the scenery as in the evenings there ...Read more

A memory of Postbridge in 2012 by John Howard Norfolk

I am SO grateful for this image as it set me off on my visit to Grantham to further research my ancestry. For me, it shows two properties of J.T. Broughton. My ancestors, Hackworth, married into the Broughton family ...Read more

A memory of Grantham in 2012 by Gaynor Dinwoodie

I did not mention in my post on Brough Farm that Mrs. Stephenson, mentioned in the opening paragraph, is in her 103rd year and resides in a nursing home in the SW of England.

A memory of Brough in 2012 by David Kind

This Country Park is signposted just off the Penn Inn roundabout, and my family had a lovely outing there on a hot Spring Day. I have to guess that the photograph illustrated here is the site, because I ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 2012 by John Howard Norfolk

I have driven - very slowly - past The Ness many times whenever our family makes our way up the steep narrow lane from the Shaldon sea front to the car park. For the very first time I went inside one evening ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon in 2012 by John Howard Norfolk

I just visited Wales from Canada to complete some research into my family tree. The stained glass windows over the altar of the church were originally donated in memory of my great, great uncle and his wife who died ...Read more

A memory of Glanaman in 2012 by Mark Butler

We have restored and love living in this historic house where the author of Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Graeme use to be a regular visitor. You can read about it in Diary ...Read more

A memory of Kingsley Green in 2012

While visiting Beckenham in September this year (2012), we drove past the site of the Green Man. Sadly it has been demolished! Ken Cook

A memory of Catford in 2012 by Ken Cook

I visited this stately Church this year to see the gravestone of my biological mother. It was a humbling and wonderful moment to finally see something tangible of her having never had the chance to meet her, having been adopted at birth far far away in Sri Lanka.

A memory of Gerrards Cross in 2012 by Penny Stewart