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My sister and I are from Canada and came to Scotland this past month, August, 2009, to see where our mother, Kathleen Low, and her family were born and raised in their youth. After many years of hearing them describe their ...Read more

A memory of Johnshaven in 1900 by Judi Parry

Aunt Tilly, Sussex Cottage, Harbury. Born Mary Matilda, Southam 1863, Ladbroke Warks. She married a William Wells, born 1871 Harbury, Warks 1899. Any information on the Southam or Wells Families would be much appreciated. Regards, Patricia Ann

A memory of Harbury in 1947 by Patricia Butler

My grandmother, Pheobe Ross was born in Knockadoois. I believe her birthdate was 30 January 1884. She left Ireland with her sister Sarah from Londonderry on the ship "Furnessia". I don't have the departure date, but the ...Read more

A memory of Knockadoois in 1880 by James Dunn

I was born and lived in Betws until I was nine. I remember attending the Chapel behind the Oddfellows pub and enjoying the Christmas parties we had held in the hall next door. Mrs Perry's shop was always a ritual every day ...Read more

A memory of Bettws in 1976 by Heather Hopkins

I was born in 1951. My parents owned the W Websters store in Barmoor Lane. I believe the old premises is now known as Orchard Cottage. I remember the sandshoes for sale dangling from the rafters and the butter was ...Read more

A memory of Ryton in 1957

My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1944 by Brian Veall

Having been born and brought up in Buckhusrt Hill in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and now living in Kent, it reminds me what a unique place it once was. My immediate memories are of Lords Bushes and living in Forest ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

Finding this site has brought many wonderful memories back to me. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Croydon. My maiden name was Chappell. I lived in Purley Road, South Croydon not far from the Red Deer until 1957. Every Saturday I ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1953 by Linda Crossley

I was born in Rayne and in the 1950s.I have fond memories of being able to play various sports in the road at School Road with my brother Peter and friend Richard Dodd, gaining a few more players as word got around! We used to mark ...Read more

A memory of Rayne by Hugh Walker

These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and look ...Read more

A memory of Greylake in 1955 by Marilyn Kick