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The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, ...Read more

A memory of Margate by Dave Harris

The newspaper published at Grantham in England, the original home of the ancestors of the well known Plumb and Parker families of Mills, Pottawattamie, Cass and Shelby Counties, recently carried a ...Read more

A memory of Barrowby by Alan Plumb

My mum was born in Queen Road in Peckham in the 1930s, her maiden name was Francis, her mum was May and her dad was Daniel, he was a painter and decorator, he used to paint all the pubs in London and down to Kent.

A memory of Peckham in 1930 by Pam Turley

I was sent to Oak Bank school as a seven year old and stayed for about two years. The Matron was a lovely lady called Miss Bremner, and I remember I stayed in a dorm called Oak, all the dormitories were named after trees. I ...Read more

A memory of Seal in 1951 by Tina Shaheen

I was raised on a lovely estate called Thomas Moore estate, it was all new and I always went wandering all around Finchley from Avenue House to Victoria Park in Finchley central to going to school in Friern Barnet. I ...Read more

A memory of East Finchley in 1983 by Karl Paine

Does anyone remember the Boys Brigade, the headquarters were at the YMCA on West Hill, period 1947-1950. Here's to ya. Clive

A memory of Dartford by Clive Jeffrey

This isn't a memory, more of a request. I am researching my family tree and a member of my family moved to the area in about 1880, his name was john Darknell and he married a Francis 'Fanny' Hamilton. He is recorded as living ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1880 by Tracey Wellard

We are trying to track down our family and we have records that a Thomas Anthony Clarke lived at Lyndhurst, Buxton Road, Chinley and was a Agricultural Hardware Merchant. If anyone has any information that would ...Read more

A memory of Chinley by Louise Clarke

My grandfather came up from Cranbourne in Dorset and was head gamekeeper of Eastwell Park all his working life, and my mother met my father, Alfred Clark, when he was sent there to work. They married in the church that ...Read more

A memory of Westwell in 1952 by Maureen Feakins

My Great Grand Aunt Sarah Holgate, née Barnes, came here with her husband Benjamin in the 1870s to run the hotel (from Manchester). Benjamin died in 1877 and Sarah stayed in charge until sometime in the 1890s ...Read more

A memory of St Mary's by Thomas Muir