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I was born in Stokesby in 1945 and lived there until 1965 when I married and went to live in nearby Acle, I remember Head Teacher Sybil Freeman and Miss Brown, also my first day at school, I hated leaving my mum. I was married in ...Read more

A memory of Stokesby in 1950 by Mary King

I also worked for a couple of summers at the fruit picking camp and had a wonderful time meeting people from all over the world. The camp was very basic with army beds and blankets in tin huts but we had such a good time. Picked ...Read more

A memory of Leverington in 1978

I was born Catherine Kenningham 1947 in my Grandmother Rogers' cottage on Manchester Road. My mother was Lucy Rogers who came to Stocksbridge at a very early age.She went to a local school of which l would like know the name. My ...Read more

A memory of Stocksbridge by Catherine Hamlyn

I went to the Hill primary school and then to Caversham secondary modern school. I left there in 1963. I lived at Kings Road. We used to play down the rec and view island. We would play skipping and marbles in the street, there were not ...Read more

A memory of Caversham by Carol Hendry

Hi, is anyone still remembering 1955, when the world was young?! I was at Marton from 1955 to 1957, in Delaval House. They were great days I won't ever forget. I still see a pal from school, Gordon Irwin, Stephenson House, also Joe Hume lives nearby in Stakeford...

A memory of Whitegate in 1955 by Jim Eastham

I was born in Keynsham in 1944 in the house on the corner of Park Road and Sherwood Road.My grandparents Frank and Winifred Harding were the tenants of the house,and my mother Peggy lived there with them as my father was away at ...Read more

A memory of Keynsham in 1950 by Anthony Harris

I love this photo - those old cars ! I don't remember the old building with the wooden balconies. It must have disappeared between 1955 and the first half of the 1960s. Monday has always been market day in Epping. Years ago ...Read more

A memory of Epping

As a schoolboy I attended both infant and junior schools in Harrington (now closed). I recall a Police Sergeant Winters who I would believe to be housed at the police station, which was the custom at the time. I am now 80 years old, born in 1929.

A memory of High Harrington in 1940 by Arnold Ainsworth

Every year when I was growing up (I'll be 45 in Sept) my family spent our holidays at Eastchurch farm, Hittisleigh. We knew we were close to arriving when we got to Whiddon Down. My memories of Whiddon Down are of myself and one ...Read more

A memory of Whiddon Down by Margaret Keane

My first memories were of Krumlin where my mum worked at Krumlin mill as a piece burler & mender. (I remember the boiler house at the mill with the big steam engine that turned all the ...Read more

A memory of Triangle in 1953 by Martin Wood