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The church was the view from my bedroom window. I lived in the Old Smithy for a few years, renting the property from a very posh estate agents from Shrewsbury. It was cheap. But had no heating, & electrics that ...Read more

A memory of Wrockwardine by bru.enzer

Igrew up in Battersea in plough road above a barbers shop next to gogays off licence near the railway bridge the Granada was top of the hill near my first school this was at the start of ww2 I left there in 1962 moved to Surbiton in surrey ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by a.brett1937

I lived at Twyning Farm at Shuthonger from my birth in October 1926 until 1944, as my father (James L. Brooksbank) owned and lived at this farm (1922-1953), although 1936 - 1944 I was away at boarding-school for much ...Read more

A memory of Shuthonger in 1940 by Ben W L Brooksbank

I first came into Whitnash in 1962 I had a pal who lived in South Terrace with his Nan his name was David Lloyd Smith, in those days Whitnash was still a small village, we both had motorbikes just old two strokes that were ...Read more

A memory of Whitnash by selwilson1943

We lived in the Peabody estate. 6M, 13U and finally 4A as the family grew from me to finally 4 children. We were very privileged and had a bath under a table top in the kitchen, originally heated with a boiler, coal ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by John Faulkner

Hello. My father was Harold John (bob) Mann. He worked as an Air Traffic Controller in the Control Tower, in what was then Heston Airport ('Aerodrome'?). We lived at Heston, in Durham Avenue. We ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London in 1951 by Rosemarie Mann

My dad, Jack Stanley (born 1937 ) told me of a lion which escaped into a back garden when the train it was on was hit by a bomb. I have found a clip on pathe news so I know it happened, but can't find much more information. Would love to hear more about my dad's tale.

A memory of Battersea in 1940 by Sara Stanley

My gran and grandad, Elsie and Jim Harman, lived at 4 The High Street.  My earliest memories are of, strangely, the moss-covered footpath that encircled the cottage on three sides, it was how pathways in old cottages should ...Read more

A memory of Grateley by Kim Burnett

bill.haylor@btinternet.com  Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs. Shops and services were limited but adequate. Village hierarchy although unwritten was arranged in a manner that suited ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

My great grandmother Eliza Clarke was born at the Plough Inn Norwell in 1866. Her father George Clarke was the landlord at the time.

A memory of Norwell in 1860 by Graham Barnett