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I lived at 1 Mill Cottage with my parents and 2 sisters from 1947, my father took over from his father Frederick Sims at the power station which was at the bottom of our garden. My grandfather was in at the building of "The Village" ...Read more

A memory of Hever by Anne Sims

Not quite sure when we moved from Charminster to Dewlish, but it was magical. The Bothy was the house attached to the Dewlish House kitchen gardens. Apparently it was last occupied in the war to billet American troops. The ...Read more

A memory of Dewlish in 1955 by Christopher Morris

Myself, my mum and dad, and my sister lived in Rowton House for the first 14 years of my life. Rowton House was owned by my Grandfather, Arthur Griffiths who also owned and ran the Shakespeare Inn on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Cheltenham in 1955 by Carol Collins

House Beautiful was a convalescent home run by the Sunday School Union. I was sent there in April 1942 and my sister Anna went in Oct. 1942 from Derbyshire. We were aged 8 and 4. My grandfather knew the matron and she allowed us ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Helen Meakin

THE LAKE as we called it was the other side of the bunny hills, brings back memories of our childhood. The house nearby was once occupied by the Manager of the brick company, that dug out the clay that created the lake, he was our great ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1950 by Michael Smith

Patsy, we had some fun then, remember the bun loaf Linda threw at the window and we screamed the house down. we thought it was the peeping Tom? And also when we used to tantalise the Davis's dog Sandy and it would run to get us and you would lock the door, ha ha.

A memory of Liverpool in 1960 by Mary Benson

My dad was the village policeman from 1952 to 1958. He was Edward (Ted) Parkinson and we moved from Liverpool to Bolton-le-Sands in 1952. We lived in 40 Church Brow, which was the police house at that time. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Bolton-le-Sands in 1953 by Ann Wemyss Cooke

Bank Hall School 1977 to its close in 1980, I remember the head, Mr Brennan, and his wife living in the house just next to the the main house, also Peter Lucas, Pete Denver, Mr Lowery. There were a few women there at the ...Read more

A memory of Chapel-en-le-Frith by Tommy Neale

I lived in Warminster from 1940 till early the 1950s. My grandfather's family have lived in Warminster over 100 years. Went to Trowbridge Girls High. I remember the large house near where I lived that the Americans lived in ...Read more

A memory of Westbury Leigh by Rita Hudd

 My family lived in Manor Cottage, the house on the left, when I was born in 1959. It was such a friendly village. I knew everyone who lived in the lower half of the village. I was able to walk safely down the road to the village school ...Read more

A memory of Oving in 1959 by Christine Diamond