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Ivorites
My gran was born in the Ivorites 1897. Her parents ran it (Bill & Margaret Moore) & later her sister Margaret who married Henry James. Bill Moore was a bare knuckle fighter on the mountain ... illegal! There were 7 children of ...Read more
A memory of Aberbeeg in 1880 by
Lyoyd George Gardener
My Grandfather was Lloyd George's gardener (I am not sure if he worked alone) from around 1923 to 1937 when he left to become Poultry Manager at Wye College in Kent. Grandad met Granma in Churt, she worked at the local pub, The ...Read more
A memory of Churt in 1920 by
Delamere By Sid Grant
The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside. My time spent there was from age ...Read more
A memory of Delamere in 1930 by
Village On A Hill
In 1941, shortly before my sixth birthday, I arrived at what was then a large branch of the National Children's Home & Orphanage, at Old Bramhope. To get there I had enjoyed an exciting (for me) train journey from Kings Cross ...Read more
A memory of Bramhope in 1930 by
14 Newbiggen Street
My great grandmother lived at 14 Newbiggen Street, just on the righthand side of this photo. A couple of the stories I know about the place are: The doctor would come from Saffron Walden to see the Thaxted people and then send ...Read more
A memory of Thaxted in 1930 by
One Day At A Time
A precised extract from the chapters in my biography relating to wartime evacuation, and particularly to Garnant. I stared morosely out of the window and watched the landscape slip by as the steam train chugged its way through ...Read more
A memory of Garnant in 1940 by
The War Years In Consett
I was born in Consett at 11 Newmarket Street in June 1933, though my parents were living in Norfolk and later on in Middlesex. I was sent back to live with aunts when the Blitz really got going. I went to the CofE Primary ...Read more
A memory of Consett in 1940 by
Draycott Road
I was born in Draycott Road, Chiseldon, short walk away from the camp. My early memories are of the Sunday morning church parades of the different regiments who were stationed there. The troops, in full military dress, along with the ...Read more
A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by
War
The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1940 by
Dorstone In The Golden Valley
In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more
A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by
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