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On holiday at the bathing pool holiday camp I met my husband to be, still together after 50 years - nothing left of pool only memories...

A memory of St Leonards in 1960 by Joan Shoemith

My mother, Vera Brown, was born in Wooburn Green and lived at 135 Boundary Road until she came to America to marry my father after WWII. (My father was based in High Wycombe during the war.) As my gran and ...Read more

A memory of Wooburn Green in 1965 by Valerie Killigrew

In the late thirties, my mother worked as a dispatcher in Stuarts Bakery in Church Street just down from the junction with Randolph Street. This building has been closed down now for many years. In ...Read more

A memory of Buckhaven in 1950 by David Gillies

I was born in 1951 and lived for the first 2 years of my life at 241 the Blocks with my parents and Grandparents. This was a 2 up 2 down + attic house in a block of 3 situated on the bottom row of the blocks, now ...Read more

A memory of Barrow Hill in 1951 by Paul Gibbons

I remember them well, especially a teacher called Naison ( think that's the spelling) Nasty wicked man almost drowned except for a good friend called Brent Pounds. Out of school hours and good weather it was one ...Read more

A memory of Gosport in 1965 by Collin Whittaker

Like a previous memory, I came across the Temple Bar in Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire. At first sight, I wondered what a great reproduction it was of the original Temple Bar from the Strand. But it was the real thing, taken down ...Read more

A memory of London by Roy Barnacle

Early memories of Buckhurst Hill. Re. Mark Brazier's message. Yes I remember the Three Colts and the French family. The son David was a close friend so I spent a lot of time there. I remember your mother and father Audrey and Ged ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Don Allen

My dad, George Pilley, grew up in Tirabad. My grandparents names were Rose & Stan Leonard. dad & Pop both worked for the forestry but my dad moved to Sydney in the 74's. Dad tells many funny stories about growing up there.

A memory of Tirabad in 1966 by Clair Pilley

My memories of Beeford follow those of Ms Smith, as my husband and I were owners of Beeford Village Stores from 1986 to 1992. We had to replace the roof due to woodworm. We had only lived there a few weeks when Beeford was cut ...Read more

A memory of Beeford in 1986 by Maggie Ryan

Around the late 50's/early 60's I was at Pilgrims Wood with my two sisters, Patricia and Mary. It is and will always be a lasting memory of both our arrival and our departure. We came from a loving but dysfunctional ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1960