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A few days after starting school, I paid my first remembered visit to Fordingbridge Fair. A funfair visited Fordingbridge every year during the first week in September. It was situated in Church Square and in the land ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1955 by Cathryn Candy

There has been a public library in Cannock for many decades. As a child I remember the library being housed in a set of green painted, wooden buildings which stood on High Green next to the Council Offices. These grandiose huts ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

Wandering through the old photos prompted a memory of the opening of the Boating Pond. What year was that? With others from the Barbara Spencer Edwards dance school, wearing white pleated skirts navy blue waistcoats and hats, ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth by pjbeaux

As a young child my school in Manchester took us to the camp. It was amazing, as my mum was a teacher at the school, I went on many occasions. I would love to go back but as I don't drive and now an oap I guess it would be difficult. My ...Read more

A memory of Staithes by joyharrison3

I was sick with Chickenpox that Saturday when the bomb fell on the cinema. I stood p to look out of the window to see the smoke.

A memory of East Grinstead by Lynda Chilvers

This is actually High St., Langley...my father's shop, R. Chilton, Watch Repairer and jeweller, is visible on the right hand side of the road. We left in 1972, and the house was demolished. A chapel now stands where it ...Read more

A memory of Oldbury by Anne Dyas

I was born in Camberley in 1953, we lived in Caesars Camp road which joined the A30 London Road just along from the Jolly Farmer pub which stood at the junction of Gibbets Lane. The story we were brought up with is that is was so ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by Clive Watts

Does anyone remember ‘The Bull & Tiger Pub’ in Ripon Way it was built in 1958. It once stood perched on a hilltop in an oasis of grass in the middle of a large housing estate. The manager was Tommy Staunton and his wife ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood by Victor Rowntree

In February 1957 a new pub was opened in Howard Drive called ‘The Suffolk Punch’ it belonged to the brewers ‘Charring & Co’. It stood directly opposite a row of shops. When I was old enough to drink it became my ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood by Victor Rowntree

I am very interested in getting further details or photos of the large red mansion that stood on Main Road in Sidcup. It was about 100 yards further down from St Lawrences, going away from the high street. I remember walking ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by samourx1