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I write from Canada. My ancestor, Thomas Anderson (b. 1745) and his new wife, Mary Blackburn (b. 1748) from Yorkshire sailed to New Brunswick, Canada in 1772 on the Duke of York. My family history has ...Read more

A memory of Brompton-by-Sawdon by Heather Anderson

I would like to dedicate this photo to my Mum, Sue Dykes who has worked in the restaurant at RHS Wisley Gardens since the age of 15! Starting with part time seasonal work as a waitress to full-time baking and is due to retire ...Read more

A memory of Wisley by Nicola Hodge

How could I forget the Cottage Hospital?  I had my tonsils out here!  Strangely enough, after all these years I can still picture parts of the Children's Ward, one or two of the nurses, and the bed that I was in.  Hospital ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1957 by David Vickers

I remember this house very well. I played with Erica and her sister - whose name was, I think, Suzanne, in Bersham. Like Erica, I was also born in 1955. My grandparents lived in the cottages at Mill Terrace. Their name was ...Read more

A memory of Bersham by Jane Hann

I recall the school was divided into two portions, the infants and the juniors. A small corridor with Seth Hughes' office alongside separated the two. The infants were in the two classrooms at the School House ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1958 by Chris Bennion

This was where everyone waited for the buses that took us east to Pangbourne and Reading or west to Newbury, our main shopping town.  Newbury had a thriving market twice a week and buses were frequent, eight per day.   The Well House ...Read more

A memory of Yattendon by Maggi Stamp Loshak

The row of cottages on the left was where my great grandma and granddad brought up lots of kids and even took wartime evacuees. I remember Dinah from Wembley used to visit up to the 80s when she passed away. They were ...Read more

A memory of Rillington by Ian Vasey

I was born in St Albans in 1946 and lived at a cottage called Primrose Cottage, The Hill, Wheathampstead. My grandmother lived in the cottage, Wayside Cottage, on the hill which still exists today. My ...Read more

A memory of Wheathampstead in 1950 by Alan Riddell

Michael Roffey, my GGGF was Head Gamekeeper on this estate until his death in 1907. Many of the Roffey clan worked and had cottages on the Estate. Lagham House is still surrounded by the moat from the 13c. Lagham Castle; the moat is a scheduled Ancient Monument.

A memory of Godstone in 1900 by Ian Burgin

I am a decendant of the vast Jones family who lived in Cwm Cottage, Bethel from 1918. My mother was Welsh allthough she did not speak the language too well, so we spoke english at home. I spent most of my school ...Read more

A memory of Bethel in 1950 by Gladys Edwards