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Yesterday our family went for a walk around the parkland surrounding Knightshayes - a grand Victorian estate owned by the National Trust between Tiverton and Bolham and only a mile from our home in Hawks ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

In 1953 my family moved from Edinburgh to live in Broomieknowe, Lasswade. I liked the large garden we had on this quiet street with pigeons cooing in the big Chestnut trees in the neighbours garden, and a big barn ...Read more

A memory of Lasswade in 1953 by John Wilson

I am searching for a Charles & Hugo Mavesyn Chadwick. Charles Chadwick died c1820 and Hugo Chadwick died in 1854. I notice that the name of the public house in Hill Ridware is the Chadwick Arms. Does anyone have any history ...Read more

A memory of Hill Ridware in 1860 by bbashton

By accident i have just come across this site- shame there are no memories already entered for abercwmboi- As a child I remember looking out of my Grandfathers front door or his bedroom window at the wonderful array of lights ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi by Denise Meadwell

I was born in 1947 (a home birth) in Grove End cottage which was, and still is, located pretty much across the London Road and railway line from the Cricketers pub. Although I've never been inside the pub, I have on ...Read more

A memory of Bagshot in 1953 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)

The little shop in the far right of the photo was selling a tinplate model of the Airship R101 for which I had saved up for ages.Just when I was able to buy it the airship crashed in France. I did not buy it; for in my ...Read more

A memory of Greengates in 1930 by Arthur Perrow

I was born in Lancaster Street, Six Bells in my Grans front room. My Mum and Dad lived with my Gran and when I was born I shared the house as well. The back yard had a steep slope and backed onto the "mountains". The kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Six Bells in 1947 by First Name Last Name

I went to school at st.Josephs Salesian school a mile outside Burwash from 1939-1946 I recall there were about 10 pubs in the village and I stayed one summer with the Davies family who lived just before the church in a ...Read more

A memory of Burwash in 1940 by Philip Bovill

Born in 1961 in Ormskirk Hospital to Richard & Eva Esp, i have lived in Skem for 21years before moving to Kitt Green Wigan after getting married. My memories of Skem is the schools i attended first Barns Road, then ...Read more

A memory of Skelmersdale in 1961 by Sandra Skene

I was thrilled to see your photo of Cecil Road as the houses on the left are in Hill Street and my Grandmother lived at number 2, the left hand house. I have very Happy Memories of holidays with 'Mam' at Hill Street. My Dad, Dudley ...Read more

A memory of Gowerton by Julie Netton