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Ralph loved his horses, he washed and groomed them constantly, the harnesses had brass or silver fittings, and the leather had to be polished, and the metal shone. And he often took first place in many local shows ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1940 by John Harvey

Hi, came across memories of Aveley by chance and found this very interesting as we were also the first to move into the experiment house, number 37 Central, and like you said was very cold. When we moved there there was no ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Elaine Olley

My family moved to Tetchil from Lancashire in 1956, the year after I was born. My Dad got a job as a meat Inspector at the abbattoir in Hordley. We lived in Val View until my parents purchased a cottage & some land at ...Read more

A memory of Tetchill in 1956 by Lynn Pennington

Does anyone remember my mother? Her name was Margaret Joyce Goldman. She sang at the Clay Pigeon pub I believe and met my father, Robert Shillinglaw there. This happened in the early 1940s. She passed away a couple of years ago and ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1942 by Barry Dady

My mother with her father, Alfred Stroud, mother Caroline, (my mother's name was Doris) with two sisters and four brothers came over by ship in 1902 from Stroud, England. Everyone was sick except my grandfather who ate pickled ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Harold Morris

After my dad passed away in January this year (2012), I realised I knew very little about my family history. I started searching the records for dad's family - a difficult task looking for a Davies who was born ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1942 by Tracey Davies

My parents, younger brother and I moved to Tidworth in 1938 when I was 3 and my brother 1 year old. I was born in Collingbourne Ducis and we spent a very short time in Ludgershall but, as I understand it, the new council ...Read more

A memory of Tidworth in 1940 by Paul Vivash

I was in Heswall Hospital a number of times in the late forties, suffering from Bronchiectasis. I always went into Hugh Owen Thomas ward. It was a long ward seperated by sliding doors, the girls one end, ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Maureen Alcock Nee Woods

As a family we lived at two different addresses in Titley. My father was gamekeeper for General Greenley at Titley Court and we lived in a detached house behind the main house. There was a lake and a deer park further down from ...Read more

A memory of Titley

I lived in Stedham from the time I was born in 1944 until I left to get married in 1968. I lived at 36 Tye Hill with my mother and grandmother until the war finished and my father came home. I remember my mother ...Read more

A memory of Stedham in 1960 by Michael Bosworth