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My family and I lived in Forge Cottage (known to us as the Blacksmith's Cottage) from about 1962 to 1964, whereafter we emigrated to Canada. I have fond memories of the cottage and its low ceilings, the Aga in ...Read more

A memory of Easthampstead in 1963 by Susan Cann

Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well.  Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself.  I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1930 by Thelma Hurly

I am currently reasearching my ancestors and have found that my grandmother and her parents lived at 1 Vine Cottages in the late 1800s. I am really interested to know if they are still there. The family name was Spaven. I remember vaguely ...Read more

A memory of Snainton by Judith Reeson

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction company. ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

Uncle worked as a cabinet maker for Thoresby Estate. He and aunty lived in a tied-cottage in the village which Lady Manvers visited occasionally. I met her twice in my lifetime. Aunty baked lovely cakes and made chair covers and ...Read more

A memory of Budby in 1960 by Mr Clifford J Jones

Miss Canning did not have the haberdashery store, that was Mrs Graham and her shop was next door to Stows Stores.  In the back was a little tea room and a girl called Lilly Bodice worked with her.  The shop and cottage she ...Read more

A memory of Chapel St Leonards in 1930 by Robert W Lincoln

This could not have been as early as 1960 as at that time the Post Office was in a single storey lean-to structure at the right of the main cottage. The main floor of the cottage was converted to the new shop ...Read more

A memory of Burton in 1968 by David Wilson

My father worked for Bristol Water Works and we lived at Pitt Cottage from 1948 until 1956 when it was demolished. We then moved to Doversdown, Whitesfield Road and I worked for Horlicks Dairies in Silver ...Read more

A memory of Nailsea in 1948 by Keith Phillips

My memory of Taff`s Well School was that I lived in fear of most of the teachers except our headmaster Mr. D Harris and Miss Hall, they were the only two that stood out with having any real love of teaching children. If some of ...Read more

A memory of Taffs Well in 1948 by Mary Jones

I moved to Fleggburgh in about 1996/97? I moved in with my father who had owned Elvaston Cottage for a few years. The house was a very thick walled place with large fire places and tons of ...Read more

A memory of Fleggburgh in 1997 by Daniel Hastings