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This is Saint Bartholomew's church, we have had loads of different family events in there including my children's christenings and mine. I have done family research and my family was using this in the 1800's for marriages, christenings ...Read more

A memory of Blurton by Wendy Bird

My first visit to Newchurch was to see my grandparents who rented a flat at the back of the vicarage. My grandfather was Alfred Rigden and my step grandmother was Dorothy, nee Billing. They were retired at the time, ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1954 by Doreen Bishop

So! Back to 11 Woburn Place, back to school on Hope Chapel Hill back to Hotwells golden mile with its 15 pubs. The War was still going on but there was only limited bombing and some daylight raids, the city was in a dreadful state ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1945 by Arthur Cottrell

I remember many many things As a child about London Street as for many years my father had a photographic business adjacent to the Olympia Ballroom (first property on the right hand side of the ballroom with the name Photo Enterprise). ...Read more

A memory of Reading in 1960 by Frank Waddom Brown

I was born in Templecombe Hospital in 1956. My dad is Ron Hatcher who was also born in Templecombe. We lived in Templecombe until I was three years old then moved to Castle Cary, but returned frequently to visit my grandparents ...Read more

A memory of Templecombe by Beverly Graham

One of my earliest memories of school in Easington is of Miss Nicholson telling my mother, Alice Stephenson, nee Griffiths, that she would look out for me when I started at Easington Infants. Actually, I was never in her ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery by Carol Donald

My mom and dad and sister lived in Tilford until 1954 when we immigrated to Canada, as my dad rejoined the army so we left to join him in Ottawa, Canada. We left my Nan and Gramps and uncle and aunt and many cousins and so many ...Read more

A memory of Tilford in 1954 by Carole Morin

Hello, used to stay in Seasalter from 1948 to 53 in a caravan on Alberta Park or Blue Anchor Park. Remember going on to the mud flats at low tide to see the crashed planes from the War, and cockleing and Mum cooking them and we would eat them for tea! Went back to Alberta 2011 - changed a bit.

A memory of Seasalter in 1948 by Brian Trimmer

Having heard about the demise of the trains that run from Wimbledon to West Croydon I hurried to see the last train to Croydon. It must have been the late 70s (?). The two coach train has seen better days as it pulled out for the last journey across Mitcham Common...and into local history

A memory of Mitcham by Mike Snow

Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely being ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1967