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I lived in Cowplain until 1963 and have just written a book set in Cowplain in 1958. Although it's an adventure story for young readers it is set accurately in the village at that time and will appeal to older readers who remember ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain by Terry Wheeler

As a child I spent many a happy summer holiday in the castle grounds. My  aunt was cook at the castle and my uncle worked the land. From what I remember I think it was then owned by the Clutterbuck family. My aunt and ...Read more

A memory of Hornby by Susan Beresford

I think it was around this time when we got very excited as a whale had been washed up on the beach, which brought a few people to look at it. Also there was a small theatre there called the Cozy Nook which we changed to the Nozy Cook, I wonder if it is still there and going?

A memory of Newquay in 1954 by Nicholas Howell

The first 8 plus years of my life were spent here at Merrow Down, off the Common. The only time we were away was for a few months in 1939-40 during the Phoney War. I had various nannies, the best being Flora. She came about autumn ...Read more

A memory of Timberscombe in 1940 by John Nurcombe

I was evacuated in 1939 to Devoran, and was billeted with a family by the name of Eddy, my three sisters and myself. We were only there for about two months before we were all taken down with scabies, we all went off tp Perranporth isolation ...Read more

A memory of Devoran in 1940 by George Burton

I worked at the Hospital from 1954 to 1958. My first ward was the Rheumatic Fever Unit for children. Prof: Bywater. Chief Rheumatologist. I remember that the visiting hours were Sunday 2.00pm till 400pm. So hard for the little ...Read more

A memory of Taplow in 1954 by Valerie Kent

The Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers organised a ramble to celebrate the New Year and so we met on a beautiful sunny January Saturday at the Fingle Bridge Inn. My wife Elizabeth and I ...Read more

A memory of Drewsteignton in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

In the 1891 and 1901 one of my ancestors, George Mott, was a miller at Felstead Mill. He had 3 daughters and 1 son.  His wife Althea died in 1898.  Perhaps she played the piano, and is the ghost!! George later married Naomi Boreham, who had been a cook at the mill.

A memory of Felsted by Shirley Seeds

I remember swimming in Coate Water aged about 8 - 10 and nearly drowning in the open air swimming pool. My cousin fell into the lake when he was about three but was rescued by my uncle who leapt in to get him out. The diving board in the ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by First Name Last Name

I was born in Colindale in 1937 living in Sheaveshill Ave. We had an Anderson shelter in the back garden in which I would sleep all night when bombing was bad, it was easier than getting me up when the sirens started at ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Jack Luxon