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My Nan Katherine Walters used to live in Sodom with her children Aunty Violet, Billy (my dad) and Aunty Betty. My Grandad Thomas Walters was killed in the Pit at a young age and she was left to bring up the children on her own. I Tanya ...Read more

A memory of Pontlottyn by Tanya Harris

I was put into care at Violet Ayres Lodge in 1958 with my two brothers, John and Peter. When we first went there the houseparents were Tom and Iona Leslie. Some of the names I remember were George Howe, Michael Hill, ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1958 by Jim Saunders

At the time, I was in the RN, serving in a Joint Servce org attachd to the Army at Wilton. My wife and I lived in Manor Road, just off London Road. Most of our shopping was done at weekends, starting off with a ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury in 1962 by David Jones

Looking straight forward, the house to the left of the white one was the home of the Smith family who had several children. My grandmother used to pass on any goodies she had to them. Her name was Mrs Maud Ashton and she lived in ...Read more

A memory of High Lane in 1950 by Pat Ayres Nee Ashton

Was anyone involved in the terrible accident that took place on 3rd December 1951, when Royal Naval Cadets were mowed down by a bus? Over 20 cadets died, mainly on the back row, they were new recruits ...Read more

A memory of Chatham in 1951 by Dereck Hobson

My maiden name is Mowbray. My two sisters (Sheila, Barbara) and I attended Dunsdale School under the guidance of Miss More a formidable spinster of large proportions to a small child!! I have a picture of myself and Susan Weighell ...Read more

A memory of Dunsdale by Anne Bell

It is the 1960s, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones are the music everyone is listening to and three young eighteen year old boys with a tent and a boat and some basic camping equipment set off from Saltash Passage where they ...Read more

A memory of Calstock in 1964 by Elizabeth H

My paternal grandparents lived in Schoolhouse Cottages off Lee Street where we occasionally stayed on holidays, Christmas etc. There was an alleyway called "Pawnshop Passage", emerging onto Mercer Row by the bow window in the ...Read more

A memory of Louth in 1950 by Nigel Gladwin

Lots of memories of the MacCubban Shield Competitions with the Sandbank Troup - we won it several years in a row in the early/mid 60's - also the scout camps at Rashfield and farther away at Benderloch. The tasks we undertook such ...Read more

A memory of Dunoon in 1963 by Allan Melville

I was evacuated to Hilton with my mother and grandmother at the outbreak of the WW2. My father was drafted into the army and was sent off to India and Burma when Japan entered the war. We lived in a terraced cottage in Eggington ...Read more

A memory of Hilton in 1940 by John Verdin