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We had long warm summers with some rain and all the children could play together without too much bickering, our little group lived in a small area from Wren Street to Ashmore Street. Not all the kids went to St Marks ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1948 by Kenneth Frost

I remember travelling from Dover to Folkestone pool when I was about 7 years old. We thought it was very exciting, and I can remember queuing at the turnstile to get in and where the temperature of the water ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Karen Elleray

I grew up in Bothenhampton in the sixties and seventies, and my memory of the place is just like the photo from 1910. We lived at Bowhayes, which was a cul-de-sac, and at the end of the lane there were some broken old ...Read more

A memory of Bothenhampton by Fgtb

The skating rink behind the Bowls green mid left hand side of the Picture was at the time run by my father, Vic McBride. I could be the Little boy skating, at the edge of the Picture. The Whole area the Rink, the Beach, the ...Read more

A memory of Felixstowe by jeffrey.mcbride

Working on my bungalow today in the ancient, beautiful Dorset town of Sherborne, I kept on hearing the tolling of the local Abbey bells. Not really unusual, except today, the sound seemed to 'resonate', and take me 'way back' ...Read more

A memory of Acton by alangtaylor

I remember well pushing my police bicycle around Kempston, covering Spring Road across to St Johns Avenue and over to the chantry factory estate. I was the last of the resident beat officers living and working ...Read more

A memory of Kempston in 1979 by Donald Underwood

William or 'Billy' as he was known was born in the house at 38 Crown Lane Theale on the 24th. September 1911, the eldest son of Frederick James and Matilda (Gladys) Parsons and their house was along ...Read more

A memory of Theale in 1910 by Hazel Parsons

For some time I had been thinking it would be nice to own a boat, and with this in mind I would keep my eyes open. It was only then I discovered boats for sale were very few and far between. You might think in a place like ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth by Ian Giles

In 1973 having just left school that summer, I started my State Registered Nurse training with tutor Miss Wilmot at this Southernhay Hospital. Being a 'young lady' from Bristol my new colleagues and I were ...Read more

A memory of Exeter in 1973 by Heather Uden

I moved to Thetford from York when I was 2, my father bought a house in St Marys Road. I used to wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread from Barretts bakery. The bells of St Marys Church would ring out every morning at 7. My two ...Read more

A memory of Thetford in 1950 by Carol Boreham