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I grew up at Bronprys Farm from 1957. Mum, Mrs Joan Jones (nee Bates), had been a State Registered Nurse at The London Hospital and come to Towyn during the war, met my Dad, Charlie Jones, and became a farmer's wife. She was ...Read more

A memory of Tywyn in 1960

My father started working at the mill after leaving the army at the end of the second world war as he needed a place to live because my mother was about to give birth to me. It was unfortunate but at that ...Read more

A memory of Sonning in 1949 by Barry Noakes

My husband Ray Nimmo, and myself (Irene nee Ford) met at the Imperial Hall Waltham Cross, it was his first time there and I think the last as we met and fell in love... that was 60 years ago. We have been married for 58 happy years. ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt in 1953 by Irene Nimmo

I lived at 536 High Road, Leytonstone. It was a shirt factory where my father worked as a ban saw cutter; the shirts he made were for Beverley Hills and above the factory were the offices, and the floor above those was our ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1956 by Carol Fynn

The side road (foreground) was one of two streets in Digswell both called Station Road! To remove the confusion, this one was renamed Adele Avenue some time before 1937, after the lady of the only house in the street at ...Read more

A memory of Digswell in 1978 by Peter Neville

I was in the Bursledon Hospital twice, first in 1949 and again in 1950. I was remitted there from the Childrens Hospital in Southampton; I was only 5 or 6 years old and have only vague memories of my visits. However, 2 things have ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon in 1949 by Dudley Hicks

I was drafted from Cranleigh swimming pool in 1971 when the operation of the pool was taken over by Waverly Council. The pool was quite run down and in the winter of 1971 Waverly Council managed to allocate funds to ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1971 by George Trask

My family moved to Great Bookham in 1957, and were the first owners of 1 Allen Road, part of a small Close of bungalows built by New Ideal Homes of Epsom. The 1904 photograph shows the beautiful beech trees by the Leatherhead ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1957 by Joy Davis

Hi, does any one else have a photo of a railway carriage that our family used to stay in, I remember it being very close to the beach. My older siblings remember descending a ladder straight onto the beach. The railway carriage ...Read more

A memory of Selsey by Angela Reynolds

I am trying to research for my Father who is 90 years old. Does anybody remember or have any details of a FARM called LITTLE CANNON'S somewhere in Parndon. It was owed by my grandparent's Mary Pearson Chessell and ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon in 1900 by Christine Hester