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Frances Best's Family, Princess Road, Kingskerswell, Devon

I was stationed at the Royal Signals camp at Denbury in 1952 and whilst there I met a wonderful young lady whose name was Frances Best. She lived in Kingskerswell and I fell in love with ...Read more

A memory of Kingskerswell in 1952 by opheliachapman2003

St. James

My husband David and I were married in this old church on 19th September 1970. We moved to Australia in 1973. On hearing of its demolition we were saddened, ee had such a happy wedding day here. My dad asked the Vicar for a receipt ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich in 1970

Denise Nee Young Now Jackson

I remember Wilton Gardens prefabs, and playing with all my friends every school holiday, down the burn and sliding on cardboard down the banks and walking along to the bingo to meet my nana (Edna Young) with her ...Read more

A memory of Boldon Colliery in 1972 by denisejackson123

Childhood Memories

In the early 1950s I used to go and stay with my great uncle, Arthur Furnice and his wife, Flossie, at the stables owned by a Mr Blagrave, where my uncle was head lad. We used to get off the bus from Newbury and climb a fence ...Read more

A memory of Beckhampton in 1950 by Diana Court

Visits To Grans

I was born in Glyncorrwg in 1963. I moved to Hereford with my parents (Warren and Sylvia Jones) in 1967. During school holidays I used to visit my gran and aunt. I have memories of sheep wandering in the streets. My gran would ...Read more

A memory of Glyncorrwg in 1970 by Donna Carlton

The Hotel Garage

My grandfather Bert Hedger managed the garage attached to The Hotel during the late 1920s. It belonged to Phillip West who was a mill owner from Manchester and was managed by his sister-in-law Lillian Harker. It was a five ...Read more

A memory of Church Stretton in 1920 by Christopher Grant

The Oldest House

Frome's 'Oldest House' or 'Pepperpot' has a chequered past even in recent times. I moved to Frome in 1992 when it was being used as a Travel Agents and looked fairly run down. It then remained closed for a number of years except at ...Read more

A memory of Frome by Julian Hight

Willam Hampton

Hi, what a good site, my dad worked for Willam Hampton whose yard was by the Star School. It is now a recycling centre, but the school looks just the same. I went to Bond Road School and remember playing football against the Star. ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1964 by Keith Fowles

Wartime, North Somercotes

My father was Rev R G Cowie, who was before Rev Reece Jones. We came to North Somercotes in 1939 from Newcastle and I had an idyllic childhood in the vicarage. I remember a bomb fell in South Somercotes, I also remember ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet by Elizabeth Bellamy

Harrow Technical College

Its amazing to think that almost fifty years have flown by since I enrolled at "Harrow Tech" for evening classes. I had just left Pinner Grammar School after A Levels and started work at the Bank of England in the City and ...Read more

A memory of Harrow in 1963 by John Howard Norfolk

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