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For some time I had been thinking it would be nice to own a boat, and with this in mind I would keep my eyes open. It was only then I discovered boats for sale were very few and far between. You might think in a place like ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth by Ian Giles

My name is Robert Best. I was born June 24th. 1939 in Plymouth and evacuated to Princetown in 1941. My Mother, her parents and I moved to Plympton when I was 3 years old. I have clear memories of Princetown, of riding the train ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by rjbmk

I visited the old post office with my mother in the early to mid 1960's. I believe that my mother was related to the lady who ran the post office and the little shop, perhaps a cousin. I don't ...Read more

A memory of Farleigh Hungerford by joannafuterman

MY FAMILY HOME WAS JUST DOWN THE ROAD COME THE POST OFFICE, IT WAS HAPPY TIMES IN THE 60S AND 70S.STILL MISS COMBE MARTIN

A memory of Combe Martin by Jane Chugg

Hi I am wondering if anyone has any pictures, I am looking for pictures of hooton, the post office in childerthornton, and any other local or surrounding areas, many thanks, val

A memory of Eastham by Valerie Waring

I visited Irishopeburn for holidays with my parents several times from the late 1940s until the mid 1950s. We lived in Sunderland so that the journey was quite long and exciting. This necessitated taking a train first of all to ...Read more

A memory of Ireshopeburn by Alan Rowntree

A DEVIZES GIRL REMEMBERS Before talking of my own memories, it would seem appropriate to start by sharing some valuable ones of my Father who was born in 1906 and spent his whole life in the town. During the last five years of his ...Read more

A memory of Devizes by riversd10000

Here is the Congregational Chapel on the right and the Post office in the Centre distance of the picture. The Congregational Chapel is on the ground where the Spar is now and the Post office is on the ground in the other picture dated 1909.

A memory of Liskeard by Ann Williams

My name is Richard Canham and I spent the first four years of my life here at the Gravesend Orphanage in Kent with my older brother Gary. Despite being very young I still have vivid memory's of this place. We were there ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by rtcanhan

My mother-in-law was Edith Winnifred Clarke (known as Winn), born in Guiseley in 1916 and whose family, the Morrells ran the Guiseley Post Office from the late 1800s. She ...Read more

A memory of Guiseley by Teresa Green