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My first holiday as I recall was at a caravan site called Willow Tree Farm. I think the site was at Peasmarsh on what I believe was the Burmarsh Road. The Prince of Wales pub was nearby but of no interest until I was much older! We used ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1954 by Laurie Packer

The black and white half-timbered building in the photograph was The Gable House, owned by my late grandmother, Nancy Hawkes and her sister, Hilda Cook. The house was run as a short-term residential home for patients staying in ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1940 by David Hawkes

The Haven was built and opened as the Odeon cinema on 17th August 1937 with `Dark Journey`. In 1976, it was taken over by the Classic cinema group, and run part-time on cinema/bingo, until it was sold to Haven Enterprise Ltd, and renamed ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Maurice Brader

I was born at 7 Osborne Street, 1948 and grew up there. I got married at 21 and moved to Tarvin Drive for several years before moving on to Hull and then Little Brington, Northamptonshire where I still am. I remember all the ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by Alan Atkinson

I have several old school photos of Students who attended Mercers School in Hawkhurst if anyone is interested. They date from 1948 to about 1953. The school was run by Miss Durrant and Miss Lloyd two spinster ladies and their dog Jinx. Anyone else remember them?

A memory of Hawkhurst by Christina Lawford

My grandparents used to run the Post Office at Carthew, I remember my Dad telling me that's where he grew up, but my earliest memories are of my grandparents living just down the road from there in Charlestown in a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Carthew in 1952

I was born in 1946 and lived in Lamport Street, just off Warwick Street in Toxteth. We lived there until I was about 6 years of age. Because of town planning we had to move to Hawkstone Street but what I remember of Lamport ...Read more

A memory of Toxteth in 1950 by Richard Green

I was very interested to read Elisabeth's account.I used to teach at Belchamp Walter School and have many happy memories of my time there with Mrs Pearson, she was a remarkable person. Married to a local ...Read more

A memory of Belchamp Walter in 1950 by Doreen Edwards

My elder brother Peter was at Dockenfield School around 1944 and has similar bad memories of abuse whilst a student there. He had been placed in the school by well meaning parents to avoid the bombings of south east ...Read more

A memory of Dockenfield in 1940 by Christopher Farey

I accessed this print because it is a picture of my 'Aunt and Uncle's' shop which we stayed in on many happy occasions. My mother was cousin to Mrs Cooper but, as is often the case with village people, they were very close and ...Read more

A memory of Oakley by Stephanie Smithson