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My Grandma - Bertha Lanaghan - lived in Third Street for over 50 years. She made hookey rugs as big as a room from old blankets, coats, etc whatever she could get, to sell for extra money. She dyed the wool three ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Kathy Ames

Rowlands Castle Brickworks originally established during the 1880’s, and must have been the biggest employer at the time, next to agriculture. Not all the workforce came form Rowlands Castle, but from local ...Read more

A memory of Rowlands Castle in 1963 by Richard Goodall

I grew up living in a cottage on West Street (just out of shot on the left) Next door to Mr and Mrs Vincent. Mr Vincent had the garage over the road... I remember that he had a penny farthing bike in the window. The ...Read more

A memory of Somerton by Denise Lazenby

It is so sad that there is little of Cargo Fleet remaining, not only physically but also photographically. I have searched in vein to find photographs of this once strong community. Those I have are from when I was ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1966 by C Elliott

Ahh.. What a rush of memories return to my mind as I ponder the view of the vale of Almondsbury laid out before me. I grew up in the lower village (then known as marshwell crescent). My father's family hailed from the deepest ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1955 by Alan Jarman

My husband and his family came from Cheriton and surrounding districts. He attended this school from age 5yrs through to school leaving, for a short trial apprenticeship with the local butcher. His mother and father were ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1930 by Olivia R S

My Grandad, George Creasey Allen, and my Nana Allen married and settled in South Norwood in 1899. They lived at Addison Road before renting a house at 32 Apsley Road. Grandad got a job at Creasey's ...Read more

A memory of South Norwood in 1900 by John Howard Norfolk

Upon leaving the primary school in North Cadbury, we were asked the big question. Well, the big question for an 11 year old. "What do you want to be doing when you are older?" My answer to this, was that I would like to be ...Read more

A memory of North Cadbury in 1982 by Joe Jenkins

It's very early 1947. My father has accepted a position as Mechanical Engineer with JRichard Costain. We purchased a new Costain home at number 90 Windermere Ave, Elm Park. It was a bitterly cold late winter period. Water in ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park in 1947 by Denman Lalonde

I was born in Bagshot but moved to Camberley in 1955 when I was 8. I attended York Town Primary School which was, and on checking the maps still appears to be, located on the other side of the London Road, a bit ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1960 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)