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Is this the church where brides 3/4 length wedding gloves were hung from the rafters till they rotted off? Upper Clatford snobs born in a bucket christened in a tub!

A memory of Lower Ratley in 1950 by John Scott

Can anybody remember the fair that used to come in the summer to the field in Woods Lane in the 1950s? It was the field where the Grove public house now stands. The fair used to come for a week, they used to have swing boats and it was ...Read more

A memory of Stapenhill in 1954 by Dave Hughes

My memory of Owslebury goes back to the hot summer of 1937. I lived in Bishopstoke at that time, being a lad of nine years old. My father had just bought our first car, not a posh one and looking back I doubt if it would pass an ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1930 by Frederick Cannock

I drove past this building yesterday and am sad to see what an appalling state in which it has deteriorated. I remember this Hotel in the 1960s when it was a hive of activity with a full ...Read more

A memory of Mundesley by Shirley Scott

This isn't a memory (before my time!) but a plea for family history help as I have several ancestors who were born or lived in this area. My 5th great grandfather Robert Wadeson married Eva Weyman in Whaplode Drove in 1750. They ...Read more

A memory of Spalding

Old forgotten characters of Penge and Eden Park: The Duke of Penge Nell Horley the midwife Winny of the Eden Park Trading Agency The Lad who gave a prize-winning fighter a taste of what ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1920 by Geoffrey Younger

My family lived 7 Newport Road, my sister was even born there. As a kid in the 1950s I would go to Saturday morning pictures at the Essoldo, on Leyton High Road, it cost 7 pence. That's also where the library was. I had to get ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1953 by Valerie Stephens

We moved to No. 6 Tipton Vale in 1950. Maureen a baby, myself (Valerie) and parents Eric and Joan White fom Fenny Bridges. The house was a new council house, pink and blue. Dad dug out a bank at the rear and we found ...Read more

A memory of Tipton St John in 1950 by Valerie Jordan

If anyone who reads this can help please respond to Francis Smith. As myself and family in Poland are trying to locate the grave of our father, Stefan Radziszewski who was buried in the Polish Hospital Cemetery , Penley. ...Read more

A memory of Penley in 1957 by Ted Smith Orr

We moved to Middlehurst Avenue in 1951. My cousin David Gerrard lived next door, and next to him lived David Groves. We were all the same age and went to the same schools. It was a great place to live then. I now live in Spain but I go back twice each year to visit family and friends. Paul Coppock

A memory of Weaverham by Paul Coppock