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My family worked at the Folly House in the 1700's and 1800's. They lived in a row of the farm cottages. Their surname was Hawtry and although there are now only two cottages remaining, there is a road off Watling ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by coljan.wilson

This picture was taken outside the Bus Shelter and public toilets in the centre of old Corringham where the number 2A Eastern National Buses used to stop for a 15 min break on the journey from Southend to Grays. Directly opposite ...Read more

A memory of Corringham by thestockies

I was born at 7, Nightingale Row, in the box room which was originally shared by my mother Mavis Warren and her sister Glennis Byard as they were to become. The daughters of George and Martha (Dot) Edwards. The house was rented from ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd by howardwarren257

HI. Nice to see the photo and comment . I was born in 1945 ,half a mile inland at the crescent, an half circle of 15 brick bungalows. probably built in the mid 1930's. I worked on the Farm mentioned it was called Mount ...Read more

A memory of Aldbrough by Richard Michael Robinson

I'm actually asking if anyone has any Memories , or knows of any stories about the Crown and Horseshoes in the 1930s . I'm writing the 'story' of our Family History and would love to hear anything at all about ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Sally Reader

I lived in Willow Row Cottages throughout the war years with my mother and brothers. Across the road and down a lane lived Digger Thurlow and Mr Dean. We bought some of our groceries at the shop next to The White Horse. The Evergreen Oak was at the crossroads

A memory of Thelnetham by Peter Barrall

In 1950, I started school at Chequer Mead. I had walked there from Copse Close, near Queen Victoria Hospital. We each had a desk and a slate to write on. My big sister was in the ‘big’ school, next door as she was fourteen. I ...Read more

A memory of East Grinstead by banchini1945

There've been about 2 feet of snow out there and it's about minus 10 deg, so I thought I'd stay in the warm and catch up on what everyone's been saying and better understand/manipulate - sometimes not so easy - this website ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Colin Newberry

My father in law grew up in Cornwall in the 1920's he was Desmond Rowe and had a sister born 1923 called Cynthia Joan Rowe, his mother was Maud Mary Rowe and they lived in No 1 New Row in Treskillard, I have been researching ...Read more

A memory of Camborne by nickyrowe69

The row of houses on the hillside is Holmclose, a row of council houses built after the Second World War, where I lived from 1950 to 1970. The large building in the foreground is Hinchliffe Mill JMI School where I attended until 1956 when I then went to Holme Valley Grammar School.

A memory of Holmbridge by Mrs M I Davies