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When I moved with my family from North Boarhunt we came here to Portchester.  Little was I to know, but I would be getting married in the beautiful church in the castle grounds.  It was a lovely setting, with the lych gate and ...Read more

A memory of Portchester in 1972 by Vanessa Hillman(Nee Miles)

MY PATERNAL ANCESTORS CAME FROM TURTON AND QUARLTON, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS. JAMES GARTSIDE OF TURTON MARRIED JANE ISHERWOOD OF QUARLTON AT BOLTON PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER IN 1730. THEY HAD AT ...Read more

A memory of Turton Bottoms by Carolyn Wilson

My great grandmother, Mary Ann Shuker came to Manchester from Chirbury in service as a maid.  She married my great grandfather, Ernest Edward Chorlton and they must have returned to Chirbury to be married because the family bible ...Read more

A memory of Chirbury in 1880 by Pam Lennon

In 1949 when I was six, my two cousins and I were sent to Burnham Beeches for a holiday. We lived in the East End of London. We loved it there, it was summer and very hot, to play all day in the fields was such freedom. The ...Read more

A memory of Burnham in 1949 by Kathleen Rice

The woods behind South Entrance were our playground. I lived at 5 South Entrance and knew every nook and cranny, and in the spring I knew where every nest was. Names that come to mind are our neighbours Julian and Christopher ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham in 1955 by John Fisher

My forebears came from the village of Harpford. In the Tithe schedule of 1839 Joel Carter rented the small cottage in the centre of the photo and also the cottage on the far right (which had a workshop at the back.) Joel was ...Read more

A memory of Harpford by Anne Speight

I will continue with some information on the businesses in St Blazey around 1950. Station Road, starting with no. 1. Grigg's the butchers, the house where I was born and the shop run by Jack Grigg. The next business, no.3 Station ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1950 by Melville Grigg

I was a member of the choir. In the 1930's and throughout the war years the church would be packed for the morning service every Sunday. As a child I used to look forward to the Magic Lantern shows put on by the vicar Mr ...Read more

A memory of West Lulworth by Albert Spavins

In my youth (1950s) the lock on the right was know as Groves lock.  Mr Groves hired out boats in the summer months and his house was to the right rear of this picture.  The river divides here, with the river going of to the left.  You used to ...Read more

A memory of Send in 1950 by John Jelly

I am Mick Phillips and I was at Ewelme School in 1957. Mr Coles was the headmaster and Miss Walker was my class teacher. We were 9 and 10 year olds in the upstairs room and the younger children were taught downstairs by a Miss Lewis, ...Read more

A memory of Ewelme in 1957 by Mick Phillips