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Pav's Tea Gardens in St Mildred's Bay was a place where I spent my youth, owned by Herbert Smith the famous film producer, the cafe was full of stills from the films he had worked on, there must have been over ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by Barrie Smith

My great-grandmothers house was built on the land on Greensward Lane which was sold during the great land sales in 1907. I remember all the stories about the dirt roads gradually being upgraded, and gas ...Read more

A memory of Hockley by Alan Rivers

My grandmother (Edith Florence Pawley) worked in service in Shorne (I have a very badly damaged photo). I have a postcard written to her from her fiance, addressed to her c/o Mrs Levy, Court Wood, Pear tree Lane, Shorne, probably ...Read more

A memory of Shorne by dtpankhurst

I left school in 1962, I went to Norlington Boys. I remember the snow that year when the roads were blocked, the only way the milkman got in was by sledge, I have got a photo somewhere. I started working for my dad, Albert ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1962 by Peter Brennan

My name is Pearl and surname was Huntley when I was at Warnham Court. The memories of my two terms there are of a magical place with deer and llamas and a HUGE fat black cat called Dina or Dino. I played the part of ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1860 by Pearl Skelton

My dad took us to Rugeley to live in 1954, he had recently trained in Nottinghamshire and we were one of the first to live there, well that's what it seemed like to me as a seven year old. We were always going into new buildings ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1954 by Christine Wright

Found a photo of group of patients. I know my dad, Frederick Welland was there because of convalescing from pleurisy/TB or some similar condition. Would like to have shard the photo, but appears not possible on this message site.

A memory of Pegwell

I have been tracing my family tree, Mum has given me a photo taken June 23 1947 of residents of Pegwell Home and I believe my great-grandfather Clement Charles Trevatt is sitting in the bottom row far left, first person in that row. ...Read more

A memory of Pegwell in 1947 by Wendy Sharp

I have a photo of my granddad with a large group of men & one lady who is seated in the middle of the front row(appox 80 men) it has the year 1934. I have no idea why he was there, all of the men look healthy & well dressed ?

A memory of Pegwell by Christine Crawley

I am doing family research on my father Frederick Smith from Coventry Warwks and recently came across a photo of a group dated 7th Sept 1953. Would love to find out more and possibly why my father was sent there. He passed away 10th Jan 1954.

A memory of Pegwell by Peggy Buckley