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Back in the 1950's my father was the signal man crossing keeper at the Andover Town signal box. Trains running from Andover Junction would travel down line to Southampton, crossing the main road by the Odeon Cinema. We lived ...Read more

A memory of Andover by Jack Robert Massey

As a lad, in the fifties after Sunday lunch, my father would drive my mother, my two sisters and I to Seasalter. The beach was made up of pebbles and shells, not as comfortable as the sandy beaches further into Kent, on the other hand ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1958

Where Deal Library stands today was the site of the 'Nelson House Restaurant', which was owned and ran by my father, Frederick William Ford; around the corner in Middle Street, was 'Lady Hamilton's ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1950 by John Ford

My goodness, in 1966 my mum used to wheel me here in my pram with my brother sat on the seat at the front. A few years later in the 1970's we had many a great picnic in front of this lovely house. A great afternoon out, giving ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1870 by Wendy Cave

The new fire station was built around the late 60s as I remember going to bonfire nights that the station used to run on the land next to the station My mum also used to cook for the station on a Sunday lunchtime ....

A memory of Knottingley by Lynn King

Owen Hughes Roberts was my grandfather, who came to Rhostyllen approx 1900 from Bethesda when the Penrhyn slate quarry workers went on strike for better conditions and a wage rise. He took lodgings in Church Street and a job ...Read more

A memory of Rhostyllen in 1947 by Geraint Lloyd

I was born near the end of the war in a house in Loring Road, Isleworth. My aunts, uncles & grandparents all lived in and around Isleworth. My father worked in the Pears Soap factory and my brothers & I all went to ...Read more

A memory of Isleworth in 1950 by Claire Wells

From 1964 I have many memories of growing up in Nantymoel and the closeness of the community, when people cared for one another and helped each other in times of need. I can remember never locking our front door even ...Read more

A memory of Nant-y-moel by Maria Gardner

The Mansbridges were my great grandparents. My grandmother, Elizabeth M Card is buried in the church yard and lived for many many years in the thatched cottage just outside the church gates. I spent many holidays there as I only lived ...Read more

A memory of Combrook by Philip Card

Although I was born in Easington, my parents and I moved to Horden to live in the 'prefabs' at the Crossroads when I was four. I thought that the prefabs were great houses and was sad when my parents ...Read more

A memory of Horden by Carol Donald