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I have just read Juliet Baxter's memories about Woodstock. My mother bought Woodstock in 1946 for her mother to live in. She lived there and bred dogs until the 1960s. I have many happy memories of staying there as a child. I ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common by Robin Riseley

Well, it's 1960 onwards for me because that's the year I was born! My dad was Bill Pritchard and he was the secretary to the manager at McLaren pit. We lived in McLaren Cottages, my mum and dad had me late in life, having married in ...Read more

A memory of Abertysswg in 1960 by Angela Pritchard

In the Easter of 1959, I was six years old and that is when I moved into Church Croft, Church Street, Davenham. On the day that we moved, I recall my dad telling the driver of the removal van that he ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1959 by Lynn Quigley

This field was behind our house and is accessed from a path that runs along the churchyard wall. From the age of about 7, I spent many a happy hour with my dog Shep - just wandering around the field looking at the Buttercups, spying ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1962 by Lynn Quigley

I moved to Hanwell in 1934 and was sent to Wynnstay School for girls and little boys, it was in The Avenue, not too far from West Ealing Station.   I went to school on the 211 bus for a year then cycled, about 1 1/2 miles each way. ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1930 by Dudley Parker

This would be about 1950. Radio was the in thing, me Nanna and Granda had one that was powered by an accumulator, this was a square glass jar with two elements inside connected to two terminals on the top which would fit and connect in ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1950 by Jimmy Burrows

I moved to Irby in 1957 and remember the sandstone cottage that was there before the library. I think a lovely girl called Prudence Cottrell lived there and she had a strawberry roan pony that was always in the garden. Mrs Matthews had the corner ...Read more

A memory of Irby in 1959 by Susan Reid Povall

This memory relates to the time I was at boarding school in Hyde End House just down the road. We used to spend our pocket money in this village shop with its characteristic smell of bacon and tea. Of course first we had to get ...Read more

A memory of Brimpton in 1947 by Paul Alexander

HI KEN, CANT REMEMBER U NAME, I WAS THERE 1963 TO 1969, I KNOW MADDISON. EX ARMY SGT. I REMEMBER 2 BOTHERS IN HIS HOUSE( HALF BROTHERS MAY BE ).MY NAME IS PETER SMITH, BEWDLEY?. TAKE CARE M8 .XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

A memory of Stanhope by Peter Smith

I lived next door to the Church for 17 years and during that time, I climbed to the top of the spire just once. In 1962 when I was 10, some neighbours were having their house decorated. Being an outgoing (some would say nosey) ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1962 by Lynn Quigley