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Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.

Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

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Maps

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Memories

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School Days In Newton On Trent

I went to school in Newton on Trent when I was 7. The head teacher was Mrs Moore. There was a Big room and a Little Room. The Little Room had a Wendy House...and I remember reading a book about and boy who ...Read more

A memory of Newton on Trent in 1955 by Gillian Emerton

When I Was A Boy

Now a resident and Parish Councillor in Devon the Frith photos of Stonehouse took me instantly back to my early years growing up in the village. Not surprisingly one of my earliest memories is of the celebrations surrounding the ...Read more

A memory of Stonehouse in 1953 by Keith Phillips

R A F Compton Bassett No 3 Radio School

I cannot believe that I am the first ex "Wop/TeleOp" to stumble across this site and to pen a few words of nostalgia for the old camp and the surrounding towns. Calne in particular.  The jokes we made ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1946 by Clifford Wall

Hooton Roberts

I was born a Willertt at 5 Kilnhurst Rd in 1940. I remember the noise of German fighters going to bomb Sheffield and many German or Italian prisoners marching from Kilnhurst to the camp at Ravenfield. They used to throw us ...Read more

A memory of Hooton Roberts in 1940 by Patricia Stirk

Rain Or Shine Tywyn Is Fine

I was born in Brynhielog TYWYN, in January 1944. My Mother had taken my brother to her sisters house as it was war time. My dad was a a London Bobby based in Commercial Street Spitlefields. After the war we made the trip ...Read more

A memory of Tywyn in 1952 by Eleanor Bristow

My Childhood Living In Tilshead

my memories of tilshead ,well i lived there from1953 till 1968[from the age of 2 to 15 years old..every body seemed to know each other in the village ,a friendly small community as i remember .I first went to ...Read more

A memory of Tilshead in 1963 by Ken Dunmow

Whitethorn Morris Dance At The Iron Acton Folk Festival

The village of Iron Acton had both a Folk Club and a Folk Festival in the 1980's. I remember a beautiful summer weekend - probably 1983 - when Whitethorn Morris were invited to the ...Read more

A memory of Iron Acton in 1983 by John Howard Norfolk

National Service

My name is Graham Ward and between 1955 - 1957 I was a National Serviceman based at the RAPC camp just outside Stockbridge.  I have fond memories of Stockbridge and would like to renew aquaintance with anyone who remembers me. Please email me at 'gk.ward@sky.com' for a chat.

A memory of Stockbridge in 1957 by Graham Ward

On Parade

March 1954. I had been in the RE's 10 months when I first set eyes on the transit camp in Barton Stacey better known as Barton Stalag. I was sent there on transit for Korea along with another half a troop ship load of squadies. I ...Read more

A memory of Barton Stacey in 1954 by George Larbey

I Witness The Aftermath Of A Tragedy

Around 1957 I was walking around High Street, enjoying a meander from my route home to Bradbury Lines when I saw the wife of an officer from the Army Camp, Lt Richard Vincent, in great distress with some ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1957 by Dylan Rivis

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