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My cousin and spouse lived in Dartmouth when I was young, - they were a generation older than I, and ran a Fish and Chip Shop on Broasdway. The family visited them quite often - during the day my siblings and I would patrol the ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth by Edward Williams

Born in 1938 in Modbury, I can remember the latter years of World War II. I remember vividly the nights during the months of the heavy blitz on Plymouth, with the beams from searchlights that were based just outside the town ...Read more

A memory of Modbury by Roger Stevens

I lived with a lovely Welsh family in a cottage, on the road down to the viaduct, I have forgotten the road name. The Gwaun-cae- Gurwen Juniors School was nearby; I attended that school ,my foster sister Esther Mary Davies ...Read more

A memory of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen by bassemad157

My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and other kids played in after the ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo by Graham White

In 1948 when I was 9 years old I was sent to Wembley convalescent home in North Bideford after recovering from scarlet fever, I loved it there, it was like heaven on earth. we had no education, ...Read more

A memory of Bideford by Gladys Foley

I lived in Western House, Warbororough between 1950 and 1955 and went to Dorchester Secondary Modern School. All the Warborough youths used to assemble outside the shop opposite the church and cycle in a convoy to ...Read more

A memory of Warborough by Rodney Attwood

This photo is actually taken from the Devon side of the River Tamar, in St Budeaux, looking towards Saltash on the Cornwall side. In photos taken after the road bridge opened in 1961, you can tell which side is which, ...Read more

A memory of Saltash by Alyson Herbert

Hello, Sadly, as a Yank, I have no memory of West Lulworth but I'd love to learn more from those who do and/or those who can refer me to the old, buried secrets about the Smugglers vs. the Revenuers and Coast Guard back in the ...Read more

A memory of Lulworth Camp by cwoodriff

Early C20 formal gardens and parkland designed and landscaped by Thomas Mawson and implemented by Robert Mawson of the Lakeland Nurseries, Windermere, surrounding a house designed by Dan Gibson with a ground plan by Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Taw Green by Tonnie Keith

I went to Wrinsted Court with my mother and brother and sister in 1950. We went as tenants. Here is a short background. My father was killed in 1941 as he was in the Navy. Then my mother met my first step-father who was also ...Read more

A memory of Wrinsted Court by Christine Smith