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In Bonnie Scotland The road back to Campsie Glen Is a forty-year long tunnel of mist! Dug deep into the cut bedrock of memory, And neatly knitted in the multi-storey labyrinth Of pouring passions, in pounding poems!! ...Read more

A memory of Campsie Glen in 1965 by Dr. Feisal Esmael

My family started having holidays in Ilfracombe in 1964 and I've been back every year since, for at least a few days. We started off in a flat in Oxford Grove and after two years there, found a lovely flat in 19 Montpelier ...Read more

A memory of Ilfracombe in 1964 by Canon David Frost

STEPHEN and ELIZABETH JELBERT (neé GILBERT) BAWDEN were the parents of: Stephen b. 6 April 1812, ch 25 Apr 1812/1813? in Redruth, m. Mary Terrill in Church of Redruth, emigrated to US Harriet ch 5 March 1815 emigrated to US; Edwin/Edward ...Read more

A memory of Redruth by Carol Bawden

Hello to all, I was at Warnham Court in 1963 to 1970 (or thereabouts) My dormitory was Wran. I would very much like to make contact with anyone who may just be able to remember me. ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1963 by Andrew Keith Murfet

In 1953 I attended, as a boarder, the 'St Mary of the Angels Choir School' in Addlestone. You walked from the station, turned right up the High St and then left up a hill(?). The ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by peter.beschorner

I Join the Railway In the summer of 1953, my Aunt and Uncle were staying with us for their holiday. It must have been my Uncle who first spotted the advertisement in the Dartmouth Chronicle ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

I am seeking help in identifying two soldiers recorded on the Horndean War Memorial. I have found the details of all of the others. I intend to publish the results of my research. The two men are recorded as follows Turner ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1910 by David Goble

My first home was Hope Cottage next to the Sun Inn, Dunsfold. I am pretty sure that the cottage was owned by Lloyds Bank and my parents rented it from them. My grandparents, Stan and Madge Blay, also lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold in 1969 by Sharon Lloyd Blay

My first visit to South Devon was in 1950 as a teenager. We lived in London but my parents had discovered Salcombe and a boarding house in Devon Road and that is where we spent several consecutive summer holidays. From ...Read more

A memory of Hope Cove by David Roberts