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My mother in law was sent from Herefordshire to the House of Mercy (later the Convent of St. Peter) in about 1925 (aged 12/13). She left in 1927 and was put into service in London. I have traced some documents in the ...Read more

A memory of Horbury by Jennifer Cook

My Mother was Maggie Dresser, Her mother Mabel ?? was an Embleton. My auntie was Jenny Waugh. ( Peter Waugh) corner shop - John St? In the 1950's I went to Sacriston for holidays!! from South Yorkshire. We all knew that we had an ...Read more

A memory of Sacriston

I grew up in Frimley from the age of 2. I lived on the Ansell Estate just up from St. Peters Church. It was a brand new housing estate. Such fond memories of Grove School, Lakeside, Tomlinscote. There were woods ...Read more

A memory of Frimley

Can anyone remember the shops opposite St Peter's Church, West Molesey or did you work in them? To name a few: Mitchells greengrocer, Tesco the Modern Grocer, Marchall H Dixon, butcher, Stevens newsagent, Regent ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey by Trevor Skinner (Fairminer)

I started at St. Peters School South Weald in the Infants class with Miss Clough in 1950. She was a lovely lady. My first few months were very worrying as I was a shy only child and I cried a lot as ...Read more

A memory of South Weald in 1950 by Helen Illsley

From Chris Ward. Around about the mid to late 60s, I was a member of the St Peters and St Andrews youth club. The greatest memories I have of it are putting on a Christmas show called 'The Candlelight Cabaret'. We did this 2 years on ...Read more

A memory of Corby by ward0754

Holland is a bustling Essex coastal town `resplendent`-a bride in her wedding day gown, tree lined avenues, with neat little plots, well kept gardens and a place for the tots, a school, four churches, library and hall, a ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1993 by Allen Warrender

My father Fred Beeching, was born at Dovedale Cottage in 1926, sadly he has now passed away, but left us with many stories, he attended school in ightham, and my Grandparents also Fred Beeching and Rose Beeching are buried in St ...Read more

A memory of Ivy Hatch in 1920 by Brian Beeching

I was born in Arlesey in 1940 in the large house next to St Peter's church, it was a lovely old place. My mother took my brother Ted and sister Marion to Arlesey when things started to get bad in ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1940 by Michael Smith

My parents and I lived in Addlestone, and when I was about 5 or 6 I had to have my tonsils and adanoids removed at the cottage hospital and not St Peter's. There was only 2 of us in the ward a boy about my age and myself, there ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge by ellen.thorne