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Hi David, I was in the Castle School from 1961 to 1964. I was also in Crawley House laundry no 84. And I rememeber you, was your laundry number 86? I used to spend a lot of time with George March, Marchie was his nickname. I ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1961 by Raymond Palfreyman

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

These are the memories of my childhood week-ends and holidays, spent with my Uncle Harold and Aunt Lucy Mogridge at Fontmell Parva. My maternal grandmother Annie Farwell lived at Fontmell Parva for 50 years, in the ...Read more

A memory of Fontmell Parva in 1950 by Helen Brockway

I lived and went to school in Camp Grisdale. My grandma and grandpa Selby lived cross the street from us, my aunt Donna and uncle Auto lived 3 houses up from us, and my uncle Dan and aunt Gloria lived by the school. My dad's name ...Read more

A memory of Grisdale by Ruth Dally

My Mum had a brother living at 'South View', Stoke Fleming and we spent many holidays with his family. There was an outside row of toilets with long wooden seats and you had to get a pail of water from the well next to ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming by Sheila Ayling

I remember going with my mum to visit some old aunt who lived over the Heath, and chasing the geese until they turned and chased me back! I was so frightened of them after that. Sometimes we would stop at the shop by the Pond to buy some ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1956 by Erica Harrison

My sister, Helen, and I lived at No. 3 Plasnewydd Street and, although Helen now lives in Lechlade in Gloucestershire and I have finally come to rest (no, not dead - yet) in Cardiff, we talk every week and often reminisce about ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1947 by Nick Davies

My name was Beverley Anne Davies and I went to Port Regis for about 18 months in 1952. We lived in East Ham E6 and I had asthma. I remember the nuns were strict and at times cruel. I have a memory of one very ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1952 by Beverley Anne Green

My name is Neil Wellam, I went to Vincent 1955 to 1960. I remember Peter Holmes, Ray Furneaux, Ray Page, Roger Price, Rodney Richardson, Ken Lock, Mick Yates, Mick Taylor, Neil Christie. Girls I remember, Jenifer Cook, Susan Vass, ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1955 by Neil Wellam

73,Birch Road is where I lived from 1960 onwards. My family moved there in 1960 and I went to George Road School in 1962 during the coldest winter ever. The toilets used to freeze which was great as we would get time off as ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1860 by Pete Covey