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I was part of this dance display in Danson Park. It must have been around 1958/59. We were dancing a routine about little dutch girls and I was the one in the middle. We were from the Miss Holdforth school of dancing based at Falconwood ...Read more

A memory of Welling by maggiemitch12

my dad was born in amport his mother was eliza izzard and married his dad albert john smith , i believe she was from lower bullington andover and her mother from west stratton winchester, i have a few family letters that iv looked up, my ...Read more

A memory of Amport by Roger Walker

We'd had our usual five weeks school holidays when Hitler's Luffwaffe gave us another few days off. His bombers scampering back to the continent, after presumably bombing Midlands cities, jettisoned another, on ...Read more

A memory of Flitwick in 1943 by Maureen Kerr

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster Avenue, ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville

My name is Lisa Rebecca Haynes. I was born on the 13th May 1972 and I lived and grew up in Newnham until I moved to Daventry and left My Family Home. I am the youngest of 5. I have 3 Brothers ...Read more

A memory of Newnham by lisahaynes72

My name is Tom Smith. I was born in 17 Gervis Rd, Collyhurst Flats in August 1945. My dad was Jack Smith and my mam was Ada; there were 6 kids, John, Mary, James, (me) Andrew, and Arthur. To me the flats ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1945 by Tom Smith

Not so much as a memory as a search. My family came from Cossington & Chilton Polden. My ggrandfather George Diment was a master blacksmith in Cossington. He made an iron band to repair the great tree outside the Church ...Read more

A memory of Cossington by mike_diment

My parents and grandparents bought Clockhouse Farm in 1938, following the break-up and sale by auction of the Stanley Estate.  A photograph of the farmhouse was shown on one of the pages of the brochure ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge

Generations of my family lived in Cowden, going right back to 1700s. My parents were married in the church, which lies behind the wall you can just see at the front of this photo. I was also baptised here in 1958. The main ...Read more

A memory of Cowden in 1900 by Helen Cadden

I moved to Chingford Hatch in 1946 from Hackney, we moved into a new house on Friday Hill. Some of my early memories was climbing the huge elm trees that were either side of Friday Hill. I remember the Old Smithy in what is ...Read more

A memory of South Tottenham in 1946 by Henry Molyneux