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I have put 1947 but infact it is from earlier than that to 1954. I think this was a great place for us as kids as we had freedom and not much parental control, I think mainly due to our parents who had just survived the war ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted in 1944 by Ian Simmons

Of course they had been nicely re-furbished and with all mod cons like running water and electricity. It was a nice experience living in a thatched house and, believe me, they aren't full of spiders and not as ...Read more

A memory of Thatcham in 1983 by Donald Macdonald

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations ...Read more

A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

I remember 'guddling' for trout in the Teal Burn in Auchtertool.  Most of the lads in the village tried it at one time or another. When we caught one we would measure it by placing the nose of the trout on our finger ...Read more

A memory of Auchtertool in 1946 by Harry Robertson

It is quite possible that the the little boy to the right in this picture is me at age six. My family used to stay at a friend's caravan in the park above the cliffs. During the summers of 1954 through 1958 we ...Read more

A memory of Lavernock in 1955 by Phillip Armour

I lived in Urmston between 1951 and 1974 with my parents and twin brother, Michael. We knew most of these shops and business premises very well indeed. On the left side the premises were as follows, The corner ...Read more

A memory of Urmston in 1956 by John Owen

My parents bought an old railway carriage bungalow at 66 East Front Rd, on Pagham Beach in the early 1990's.  The place was a total dump, so they burned it down on the beach and built a brand ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1994 by Kate Tayman Hammersley

My sister and I, Margaret and Maureen Grieve, were evacuated to Brynamman. I lived with Nellie, Stanley and Menna Thomas in the then new council houses. My sister stayed with the Pughs in Faifield House. My brothers joined us, Ken ...Read more

A memory of Upper Brynamman in 1940 by Margaret Parker

I was born in Rettendon  in 1938.  My father (Ernest James Hazell) and mother ( Ellen Wiseman)  were both born in the village as were my maternal grandmother and great grandmother. As a child I remember watching aircraft flying home ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon by Keith Hazell

My family had a holiday in Jaywick every summer, from when I was 5 up until I was about 15 years old. We would stay in bungalows on stilts!! My brothers and me thought this was wonderful,and would run and play under these ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1957 by Jean Soward