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I lived in Devonshire Road from 1941 to 1962 and when we first arrived Intake ended with Warwick Road, Argyll Avenue and Cumberland Avenue for those of us that lived on this side of ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1944 by Frank Mowforth

The village school was very small and later converted into a home, but I will always remember Mr Riley the headmaster, an ex-Policeman who drove a very flashy sportscar to school (Equipe- something on the ...Read more

A memory of Leigh in 1970 by Robert Denning

My family moved to Angmering on Sea when I was 14. We lived in the Dolphins with a garden directly onto the beach. I have tried to find friends from that time without success, in particular the Carty famly (of Irish origin, they ...Read more

A memory of Poling in 1958 by Dawn Bernadis

I can remember as a small child visiting my Uncle Johnny who lived in a little road called Maes Morgan, on the main road into Llanrhaider ym Mochnant. Visits were also made to St Garmon's Church at Mynydd Mawr where my ...Read more

A memory of Llanfyllin in 1962 by Beverley Wall

I was born in Calverley in 1948. I lived with my mother, father and brother (Ernest). I attended Calverley Church School. I played down in the woods most of the time, with my brother and our friends. My brother was a bully ...Read more

A memory of Calverley in 1956 by Gloria Conroy

Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1967

Dear reader, I have received some lovely messages since writing a few memories I thought I would add a few more. The Rock Inn I use to stay with my great uncle/aunty's public house, namely the Rock Inn, in 1958- 1965. ...Read more

A memory of Waterrow in 1960 by Julian Bishop

I remember being taken to Wiveliscombe as a young boy in my Uncle Jim's dark green Standard Vanguard, he ran the Rock Inn at Waterrow 1954- 1965. He would take me to the toy shop at Wiveliscombe Square called ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1960 by Julian Bishop

I'm Glynne Lewis. I was born in Co. Durham but the Lewis family lived at 26, Gelli St. for many years. We visited the family during the 1950s and 60s although several of the sisters had moved to other parts of the UK by then. My ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1950 by Glynne Lewis

My great-grandfather's uncle was the builder of the Hospital, and my great-grandfather came over from Northern Ireland to work for him as an apprentice joiner in 1880. He eventually settled in Birkenhead but cycled ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1940 by Jill Smith