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My mum dad and two sisters and brother lived here, Mum used to walk a mile a day to fetch a pale of water. When I was born we had to move to Stiperstones because the house wasn't big enough, the house at the bog only had ...Read more

A memory of The Quarry in 1961 by Mike Hotchkiss

I have copied and pasted a few sections of my great-grandmother's memories of Castle Bromwich to share. "As I was not robust as a little child, my parents took part of a small house at ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1870 by Andrea Knagenhjelm

My dad was born in Port Isaac in 1934. He went to school in Port Isaac. During my childhood and visits to his home village, he told us many stories of this school days and how they would go off fishing for the day in the small fishing ...Read more

A memory of Port Isaac in 1930 by Samantha Bailey

I am not too sure where my mum worked, I'll have to think about that one. I had a job at Peter Scott where they made TV sets and radio grams. I also worked at John Lewis, tying to learn how to make furniture. My dad was a ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1958

My father Alan Clowes died down Askern pit on 20/5/1980. I've looked on lots of websites concerning Askern colliery but I can find no reference to him. I was 13 years old at the time and would like to know more about it. I don't live in ...Read more

A memory of Askern in 1980 by David Clowes

In the distance you can see Ye Olde Greene Manne pub on Batchworth Heath. My Dad and I sat in the pub garden and drank beer one hot summer's day in 1965 and my mum took a photo of us together ...Read more

A memory of Batchworth Heath in 1965 by John Howard Norfolk

I have very fond memories of visiting my parents, Margaret & Percy Thorburn who owned Coveney Cottage from 1961 until 1980. We used to come down from London on the National Coach to Benenden ...Read more

A memory of Iden Green in 1961 by Anne Kennedy

Hi There, I live on Vancouver Island in Canada. My father was born in 1906 in Peckham. His name was Albert James Jakes. He had a brother John and sisters Dorothy, Elsie, Billy, and Hazel. He married Rosa and they had three children - Peter, ...Read more

A memory of Peckham in 1940 by Carol Jakes

Hello, my name is Jeane Moorhouse, nee Huxley, I started life on Band St, Hollywood area, in 1952, then moved to Hilton St. My only memories from here are the wash house and Hollywood Park where the fair would arrive and the ...Read more

A memory of Stockport in 1956 by Jeane Moorhouse

I lived at 257 Frimley Green Road- where Warrens' garage now stands - 1942 to 1954. There was an air-raid shelter on the Green which we watched being demolished.  Every Nov 5th there was a gigantic bonfire on the Green, fired by ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1940 by David Kearns