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Just on the right up a slight hill and only just visible is the butcher's shop. It was part of the Albury Estate but a new butcher could not be found so it was sold out of the estate and my father, Kenneth Parker, bought ...Read more

A memory of Albury in 1965 by Jacqueline Inskip

As a teenager living in the Old Kent Road back in the early 1960s, Windsor was surprisingly accessible to me. I spent most summer Saturdays fishing the lock cut at Romney Island. A number 53 bus would take me ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by Derek White

My great-grandfather died at the Red House in 1935 and I wondered if anyone could add any further info to this?  His name was John Thomas Whiteley, he was a steel inventor in New York. Any help most welcome. x

A memory of Dronfield by Ginny Roberts

Some of my first memories were picking the daffodils which my family grew, my great grandfather being the Walter Hill who grew the first King Alfreds.  We lived in Ova-Yonda in Back Lane, my grandparents lived in Waterleat, now ...Read more

A memory of Newton Poppleford by Susan Snell

I am writing this on behalf of my mother-in-law, whose maiden name was Nora Aston. At the afe of 16 (she is now 95) she was sent to work at 'The Old Hall' as a kitchenmaid. She remembers the chauffeur picking her up at the station and ...Read more

A memory of Cheswardine in 1920 by Diane Evans

Re Shrublands my son was born there in September 1958 when it was in a large house in Morgan Avenue just up from Castle Circus. The house is still there but it is now a drug rehabilitation centre.

A memory of Torquay in 1954

Bretby was 'discovered' by my dad who liked to vary his route in Ashby to work at Burton Girls' Grammar School. Bretby is not exactly the-land-that-time-forgot, but it is a delightfully unspoilt oasis, despite its proximity to ...Read more

A memory of Bretby in 1984

Hello, my name is Fred Clarke. I was at the boys' home in the middle 1940s, also my brother Daniel Clarke was there at the same time. The house I lived in was run by a lady we called Nana Crane. I went to the ...Read more

A memory of South Darenth in 1947 by Frederick Clarke

My mother was a cook at Canford School. I remember her Christmas parties being held in the great hall. It was/is such a magnificent house.  Oh - happy memories.

A memory of Canford Magna in 1977 by Cherrill Rowe

My father owned 28 Gaston Road, Mitcham,Surrey. His mother and father lived at the house after the end of the Second World War. Their names were Christopher Harold Manley and his wife Annie. I guess they died sometime in the ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1940 by Jonathan Manley