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As a child my family lived on a farm about two miles from Hepple village. Like my 2 older brothers I attended the primary school at nearby Hepple. I started my school life there in August 1961 and remember being upset ...Read more

A memory of Hepple in 1965 by Norman Anderson

I lived in Chute from 1952 until 1970. Chute School from 1955 until 1962. I went to Chute of E School at the age of 4. I remember it well. A good school with strict teachers. Miss Haggar was Headmistress and Mrs Cane ...Read more

A memory of Upper Wield in 1955 by Laurel Humphreys

I was born in 9 Graig Terrace, Abercwmboi at my grandparent's house; Charles William and Elizabeth Mary Davies. My mother was Christabel Viola Davies, (married name Mills). We moved to Penwaun when I was ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi in 1951 by Laurel Humphreys

My memory does not relate to one specific year but to many. My grandparents lived in Hall Street, they ran a haulage company, S E Foster, and wedding car firm, the only one in the village at that time. Their names were Edwin ...Read more

A memory of Wednesfield by Fay Cooper

As I recall, the 2nd house on the left was a sweet shop run by two old ladies. You were served over a half door, so you didn't need to enter the shop. I walked, with my elder brother, to this shop the day sugar rationing ended. I ...Read more

A memory of Woodbury by John Plunkett Cole

My family moved into Kennel Lane in the early fifties. My elder brother Alan and I, had plenty of fun and many friends. Only one side of Kennel Lane was developed until about '55 when they built the new houses. ...Read more

A memory of Little Bookham Common in 1953 by Colin Plummer

I attended Scotland Hill School from 1940 to 1946, after which I moved to Crowthorne C of E School. I have many memories of Scotland Hill School, Mr Shanks the Headmaster did not take any fooling around, his cane ...Read more

A memory of Little Sandhurst in 1946 by Gordon Stephens

Wonderful long days riding my ponies around Ranmore Common through the 70's and 80's with my good friends and my mother. We had such lovely times together, friendship and the love of ...Read more

A memory of Ranmore Common in 1976 by Nina Bransgrove Knight

Mum was a cleaner here in the immediate post-war (WW2) years. I have a memory of a large-scale model aircraft (Westland Lysander ?) on a large table, possibly in the entrance hall. So many country houses were demolished ...Read more

A memory of Sarnesfield by John Arrowsmith

If you walked around the first corner to the Odeon you got a good view of the old Blast Furnaces that use to turn Corby's night sky orange. It never got dark in the Corby of my childhood. The Candle and all the steel and tube mills lit ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by Kenneth Little