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My dad, Gordon (nimmie) Norridge, tells me of great times as a boy playing sport in the park. He often helped out at the polo matches. He also collected chesnuts, and took them home for the family. Dad also tells me of skating ...Read more

A memory of Kirtlington in 1920 by Christopher Norridge

As a child during WW2 I spent a lot of time in Cotherstone, staying with Grandpa Berkley and Aunty Blake. They were joint proprietors of the village shop together with Tom Kipling. He and his family lived overlooking the green and ...Read more

A memory of Cotherstone by margaretarmstrong2

As a youngster in the late '60's I was very keen on aquatic life, & there was plenty in the lake. Minnows, sticklebacks, Great Crested & other newts/amphibians, dragonfly & diving beetle larvae. It's an ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer

Yeah, that brings back lots of memories. Friday night/ Saturday morning was a must. The smell of fresh baked bread and bacon. Queuing only made the appetite keener.

A memory of Kingston upon Hull

As an innocent 11year old in August 1957, I had my first experience of camping in a field in Stanton Fitzwarren. I belonged to a Scout troop from Woolwich in South East London. Most of us came from a poor area of ...Read more

A memory of Stanton Fitzwarren by ianhilton

At the end of this road on the right would have been my grandfather's hairdresser shop. My Dad, his son, said that his mother would go in the bakery adjoined to the print shop next door to get baked goods for ...Read more

A memory of Swanage by aclarkanderson

In the 1901 census my great-grandfather, Matthew Wise, was a night watchman close to the Bank of England at 6 Lothbury. I had found my grandmother as a child of 4 living with her mother Matilda and family in Hackney, but as initially ...Read more

A memory of London in 1900

My mother is now 91 and attended Bacton school from 1927 to 1936. Her name was Marjorie Finbow and she remembers Walter Finbow, Frank Talbot, Mervyn Gull, Phyllis and Elsie Kilby, Kathy Reeve, Sylvia Blake. Does anyone know ...Read more

A memory of Gislingham in 1920 by Lynne Kerridge

I recall seeing a film in 1948 in the school hall of Heys Road Boys School of the '1936 Olympics'. This was to educate us in the theme of the Olympics (remember there had been an abandonment from 1936 until 1948 when ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich by Fred Plant

The picture shown is of the junction with Main Road and Victoria Street, Windermere. The nearest building is obviously the Queen's Hotel (still there) and the one behind it is the ...Read more

A memory of Windermere in 1967 by Jan George