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I am 85 years old and live in Australia. I remember the mill as a working mill just before the war. After the war it was a toy factory that made stuffed toys. I was lucky enough to catch loads of trout in the mill's pool. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Cuddington by David Watts

As a boy of thirteen, with my family, after the war, I spent all my school holidays in Cornwall. Six weeks with my Uncle Arthur and Aunt Mabel in a tied cottage on Lower Tregantle Farm near Torpoint. The very air was ...Read more

A memory of Lower Tregantle by Brian Conn

My dad, Ken, was born 13 May 1938 in the front bedroom of 5 Gallards Hill - he was the youngest son to Sidney and Gladys Taylor. My grandad spent almost all his life in the Leicestershire Regiment. During ww2 my grandad was ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town by Caroline Taylor

I lived in Perysteeete, Perry Vale from 1950 until I was 20 years old. Our Primary school(, Christ Church . C of E) was opposite our flats, and it only took seconds to get into school...just before the whistle went! Memories of the ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hill

Only been to Redruth, Cornwall once. Liked it and looked up some photographs one of which happened to be school photograph for Pool Academy ? I was amazed to see that one of the teachers was C Gronow whom I knew way back ...Read more

A memory of Redruth by Gareth Parry

My grandparents lived in Hornsea and my parents and I would always spend our summer holidays with them. Meeting up with many of my parents friends, we had a big changing tent on the beach, all the adults sat in a massive circle ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Vicky Hill

I was born in 1948 and lived inn Salisbury Avenue but moved to Bournemouth in 1963 I attended Eastbury Infants school followed on to Manor Junior and finally Park Modern .I remember playing in Barking Park and fishing for tiddlers in the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by richard.stanley6

Final year at school and spent most of may and June at the pool while waiting for our results. Cycled from Christian malford to get there.

A memory of Chippenham by jeancook1960

Rock House in chipstead lane i think. I, Tony Renwick, lived in marlborough crescent went to amherst primary school in the 1960s. I remember an amusing boy fred and another girl from rock house ...Read more

A memory of Riverhead by renwick10

Hi all, I joined the army in 1960 & did basic training @ Blandford Forum, Dorset. One of my pals was Alan ( nicknamed Ginge, ( not pc anymore ) Dobson, whom if memory serves me correctly lived @ 22 Barosa Rd, Camberly. When we got a ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by davie2618