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You'll all go "Oh yes", when I jog your memory that Seaview was formerly named 'Kite Farm Camp'. It changed its name to Seaview around '61/62 when Arthur Fitt the garage owner on the other side of the station bought it ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1960

We moved to Cheadle Hulme from Barnton in 1957 when my dad bought Miss Young's bakery at 38 Station Road. In those days it was a lovely quiet village, not at all the bustling suburb of today. Our bakery was at ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle Hulme in 1957 by Maggie Day

I lived in 'New Wimbldon' from age 2 to 27 with a break of five years in the military. We started out in Ridley Road, then to Kohat Road near Plough Lane and then I returned to Worple Road and Denmark Hill. St Mary's in Russell Road run by ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1950 by Ray Cobbett

Mum was born at Cavenham and she was one of a family of 16 children. My sister and I spent most of our summer holidays at 13 The Street, with two uncles as Mum went to do jobs for them, as one was blind. As soon as we got to ...Read more

A memory of Cavenham in 1954

We used to live at 96, Church Road where I lived as a youngster between 1956 and circa 1962 when our family moved to a new house in New Haw. I was 11 years old when we moved there from Rodborough Hill near Milford. The canal was ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by Derek Russel

The picture, named The Parade, fails to identify The Parade. The window blinds that can be seen through the foliage to the left is where The Parade actually is. It's a short piece of road that held four shops, the first a ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

My ancestors go back in a strong line to Eaugate: first ref. is to Thomas BRADFORD in 1811 (born) m. Anne Draper from GEDNEY. One son JOHN was my grandmother's father, she was Mary-Ann, b 1878, a preacher's daughter, but 'low' ...Read more

A memory of Moulton Eaugate by Valerie Peyrusse

I was born in Fernham in 1936 in the thatched cottage on the green (now known as Corner Cottage, opposite the church), as was my mother before me. The house was my grandmother's, Mrs Mary Brown. My grandfather Harry ...Read more

A memory of Fernham in 1940 by Terry White

My late father worked for the Pemberton Estate as a tractor driver from 1946 to around 1958. I offer below, in his memory, an extract from the tribute I composed for his funeral in March 2005. ...Read more

A memory of Trumpington by Brian Goodliffe

Adding to yesterday's input about Hewson Street in Sheriff Hill; I remember it so well! From the west end, at the square where Billy Howarth had his coal business, I remeber Alan Freeland, and his mother 'Boxer.' Then 'Nutty' ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1940 by Robert Hall