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My cousin Rob Allen re-married Jackie on Thursday 7th May 2009 at the Tiverton Register Office. The happy couple and guests then moved on to the Royal Oak at Winsford for a wedding buffet, afternoon ...Read more

A memory of Winsford in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born in the public house called Seven Stars Inn, Dinton. The date was the 5th November 1940. My godfather, then Doctor Ralph Gardiner, delivered me. He lived over the stile in the farm nearby. The pub was run ...Read more

A memory of Dinton in 1940 by Dennis A Young

I know it is a rather morbid subject and I don't want to rake up any unpleasant memories but if anyone lived in the Metton are at the time of April's death I would really appreciate any information you could give me, particularly the ...Read more

A memory of Metton in 1969 by Nicky Jones

When my mother first bought the 'Pink' cottage, at the edge of the fen, it was very dilapidated, the barn in the back was almost gone, we had no electricity, no running water, the ceilings were too low, the stairs were falling ...Read more

A memory of Reach in 1959 by Jeannette Howard

I remember well the fairground with all the rides that did their best to make you sick after the hotdogs and the candyfloss. Who got a kiss in the ghost train or at least a cuddle from their girlfriend? Everywhere the ...Read more

A memory of New Brighton in 1960

I remember going to buy vegetables from Mr and Mrs Clitheroe (sp)?. They ran a smallholding in North Street, opposite what used to be the cricket field. They grew their own vegetables and kept chickens and rabbits. In those days ...Read more

A memory of Stilton in 1955

My Memories of Lifton. I was born in 1946 lived in Lifton until I got married in 1971. I lived in Fore Street, next door lived Mr Brown, he used to repair shoes in his little shed in the garden and I used to watch him ...Read more

A memory of Lifton in 1960 by Brian Keighley

I remember Hever Road as my cousin Doreen Meddick used to live there in the early 1950s, but she now lives in Canada. I myself used to ride my pushbike around Brands Hatch in the early 1940s as it was a dirt track then. I came to Australia in 1949 and been here ever since.

A memory of West Kingsdown in 1940 by Ronald Meddick

I remember working at weekends and school holidays at Scrag Oak. I was still at school and worked there for about two years. The house and farm was owned by Mr George Edward-Jones (the spelling may be wrong). The one full ...Read more

A memory of Scrag Oak in 1961 by William Highton