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Every year from 1968 to 1975 we used to make the annual pilgrimage from our home in Saddleworth near Huddersfield to the Casle Rock. In the early days, before the motorway was built, it used to take us two days with an ...Read more

A memory of Mortehoe in 1970 by David Haigh

All the comments made here by others regarding Rochester bring back fond memories. However, as a long shot...I would be pleased to know if anyone knows of any photographs, info etc.. regarding the small group of houses and/or inhabitants of Commercial Road, Strood from around the 1940's to 1950's.

A memory of Strood in 1940

I came to live in Blakeney at the age of approximately 5 prior to this I lived at Roxborough House in Stroud - I lived in a Childrens Home named "Meadoway" along with my 2 brothers and 4 sisters - we all belonged to ...Read more

A memory of Blakeney by jean.butt

My mother grew up in the Mainstone area in the 1930s and went to the village school there (by the Churchtown turn) for a number of years. Twenty years on, my brother and I would spend most of our summer ...Read more

A memory of Mainstone by Kevin Flynn

For a small rural community Cold Ash was a busy village in the 1950s. Collins’ Farm, three shops, four pubs, a coal merchant, and two garages all provided local employment. In addition the Convent with its farm ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

The Church is the resting place for all of my foster parents family, the Simmonds. The graves were all purchased by the family ready for that time. Unfortunately, Dick Simmonds was not buried there as he lived in ...Read more

A memory of Easthampstead in 1950 by Colin Lennox

Although born in Hackbridge, and bombed out also, we lived with my grandparents at 142 London Road and went to the infants school, junior, and then Elmwood. I was in 4B later, I think it was a bit of a rebel's class. ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1952 by Barry Hipkiss

I was born and lived in Sutton at Hone and attended D.E.S.S. from 1949 to 1953. I remember the headmaster(R Shields Gill ) who also taught History. I also remember Mr A who taught PT, but I don't remember his ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1949 by Mike Hyland

The Embassy in Green Street was formerly called the Odeon. Other cinemas in Gillingham at that time were the Plaza in Duncan Road (on the site of what is now Aldi's) and the Grand on the corner of Skinner Street and Jeffery ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1950 by John Addiscott

I lived in the Rifleman's in Slad in 1959 and joined the Para's in 1961, I think my father sold the Rifleman's in 62? The Sub's was our local Stroud gang hangout for the weekend dance well...not exactly the dance. It was well known for ...Read more

A memory of Stroud in 1959 by Richard Norton