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The following is taken from my mother's memoirs and the time period Winifred would have worked at the Lodge was between 1929-1932. Her mother, Ann Pamela Myring (b 1887), is described as a 'Housemaid Domestic' in the 1911 ...Read more

A memory of Shenstone Lodge School by hilary.tait

I was at Boyles Court in 1975, and what began as a very frightening journey into the unknown turned into an adventure of a life time, you can read my blog and memories good and bad right here https://www.facebook.com/waynejefferiesxx

A memory of Boyles Court by waynejefferies

My parents owned a bungalow in Dovehouse Lane Kensworth in Bedfordshire and as a grown up family's we would get back together at weekends bringing along our own children to visit and enjoy the countryside. My brother and sister ...Read more

A memory of Kensworth by ducatee

In 1960's Newcastle we didn't see a lot of woodland or wildlife on a daily basis. My dad was from a Romany family and during the war had spent a lot of his childhood, when school was closed, travelling with his uncle who was a ...Read more

A memory of Plankey Mill

Those of you who are familiar with Surrey history of the 20th century will not fail to have heard of Brooklands Race Circuit (1909-39). At a later date, possibly post war, what was known as Brooklands House became a College. My ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by kewisha

I was born in Mytchett and went to the junior school on the Mytchett road towards ash vale, between 1955 and 1961, then R.H secondary until 1966. I lived in Loman rd, and remember when the overflow estate was built for families from ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett by John D

I moved to Farndon with my job in 1991 and lived there for around five years - I worked as the warden for Quarry Avenue and Lloyds Close pensioners bungalows. I fondly remember how friendly everyone was and it didn't take long for me to ...Read more

A memory of Farndon in 1991 by Dianne Hughes

Our school, Park Modern Secondary, was situated in Barking Essex just outside of the east end of London. Each year, we had school camp at Sweets farm on the top of Dundry Hill, where we would camp for two weeks. We were told repeatedly by ...Read more

A memory of Dundry in 1963 by Christopher Bowers

When I saw John Cowan’s posting, my eyebrows shot upward, since it so happens that 199 Havant Road was also my first home. I was born on 7 January 1935 and we lived at The Cottage (most houses had names in ...Read more

A memory of Drayton by Anne Joseph

My introduction to the Monckton mining community began on a bitter cold March Monday morning in 1944. The wartime Minister of Labour Ernest Bevin had decreed that I should become one of his boys. So here I was at ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1944