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In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more

A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by John S. Batts

In 1940 my London school, Borough Polytechnic, was relocated to Exeter which is where I was evacuated to. The school was a renovated building down by the river and not far from the slaughter house (which fascinated the boys). Of ...Read more

A memory of Exminster in 1940 by Richard Nash

My gran, on the Siddle side of the family, lived much of her life in the house on the corner of Brantwood/Brentwood Terrace. I recall Quadrinis Ice Cream Van. Gran's house was straight across from the Working Mens Club. My dad was ...Read more

A memory of Tindale Crescent in 1960 by David Siddle

Further to my message re my mum's birthplace at the barn; I also had a very dear aunt who ran a guest house at No.27 Castle Street. Aunt Mary and uncle Tony would look after my brother Brian and me in our holidays away from ...Read more

A memory of Warkworth in 1920 by Alan Lucas

I was born in Harbour Street in 1946 then in 1948; moved to one of the new houses built post war (22 Louden Place). I remember well all the families; Herries, Cronnie, Cowan, Eadie, Hughes, Parker, McCallum, Brown, McDowall, ...Read more

A memory of Creetown in 1946 by Janice Maxwell

Hello, my name is Mick Turnbull. I was born in 1957 and lived at 1, Cairns Avenue. My parents were Robert Davison Turnbull and Jean Turnbull. My mother's parents were Adam and Nellie Chirnside and had lived in the same house ...Read more

A memory of Longhirst in 1965 by Mick Turnbull

Just to the right of the photograph, partially obscured by the tree is 27 High Street, where my family lived and, after the second world war, I lived with my Grand Mother, Mary Dixon, until 1953. The house to the left was occupied by Miss ...Read more

A memory of Skelton by nerjanits

My father and uncle were Simpsons of Wembley.They sold American Cars to all sorts of celebrities(And Gangsters!!)from the 50's to the 70's We lived on the Barn Hill Estate in Wembley Park.My father knew,due to his business most of the ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Gary Simpson

while hop picking with my parents at a farm in paddock wood in the early 1950s i was badley burnt when a petrol stove exploded farm name not rememberd spent 6 months in the burns unit at a hospital in east ...Read more

A memory of Paddock Wood by michelefurze

I have fond memories of being a beater in the late 50s. Major Houston had the shooting, I imagine rented from Airlie Estates or their forerunner. Keepers, dogs and beaters were driven up the Glen on ...Read more

A memory of Glenhead Lodge