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I was born at 48 Durban Road pathway in Jan 1944. Went to school at pathway Junior school and then to Patchway Secondry Modern School as it was called then. I had so many friends whilst growing up and played in the fields and at the ...Read more

A memory of Patchway by tommosue

I have fond memories of days out in Angmering. Dad used to park up in an enclosed grassy area and the beach was just beyond some bushes. We used to have food cooked on the primer stove and we'd spend all day there. I wasn't ...Read more

A memory of Angmering-on-Sea by Gillian G.

I remember moving to Seaton with my family from london it was such a wonderful place, my best friend was Edward Waite,we spent many happy times together,on the beach,at the cafe also,in the winter Kathy Doney would open on sunday ...Read more

A memory of Seaton by Mr.I.Hendry

We use to walk down this road to the beach with the cafe and seafood stalls at the end. Use to watch the "Welsh Dragon" train go past as the line was close to the beach. Steam in those days and what a site it was.

A memory of Abergele by Lynette Foster

My Grandmother owned 2 bungalows on Newton Beach, one being a converted bus which was called "The Chalet" and the other was named "Duneside". She lived there between the months of April and October, and I spent all ...Read more

A memory of Newton by gjhanson

I was born in Bromley, Kent in 1940.My childhood was spent alternating between my mother and father's house called, from memory, either Stafford or Stratford House, on the right hand side proceeding from the Chestfield ...Read more

A memory of Chestfield by Graham Smith

The current fad for destruction of our lovely landscape and English and Welsh countryside has to stop! When I first came to Rockfield many years ago (from the Forest) it was a long way from Monmouth, now the suburbs ...Read more

A memory of Rockfield Park by Justin Grant Duff

My parents had long been visitors to Norfolk during the second world war. My mother now in her eighties visited Great Yarmouth many times as a child and my father being older than mum did his basic RAF training in Norfolk. My family all ...Read more

A memory of Scratby by mouse.3rings

The caption in the Francis Frith book 'Paignton', by Peggy Parnell (p.46), reads: 'With his powerful business aptitude, Mr Dendy quickly installed the most important tourist commodity, ...Read more

A memory of Paignton by robert_slack5

As a child living in Blackhall my lasting memory is playing on the beach with my sister Margaret. Moira Hughes

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Moira Coombes