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I went to Sandon House School during the early to mid 60s. I remember Mr Wilkinson, I got the cane on a couple of occasions! I remember the playing fields where we played cricket and football and the sheds where the ...Read more

A memory of Sandon by Mirco De Cet

In 1969 I,remember my husband and myself being managers of Morrelis Coffee bar in the high street. Taking the baby for a walk down the old harbour in the summer,and listening to the band on the Leas at weekends. Went back a few years ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1969 by June Boiling

I remember the old house called "Restville" 101 Greensward Lane. Thee old ladies lived there from the 1930's to about 1960 when it was knocked down to build three new houses. It was next door to the first Doctors and I ...Read more

A memory of Hockley by Alan Rivers

i remember the headmaster caning you backside until it bled, and he soaked the cane in salt water! also his dog walked around the dining room with excrement hanging from his backside!! not happy days for me??

A memory of Sandon by Peter Welsh

You can take the boy out of south London, but you can't take south London out of the boy. The songs on this album, 'The Hobo Manifesto', were inspired by growing up in London and the music that influenced me as a ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Arthur Kitchener

This wondeful hotel was a show-topper in 1948. I could never have afforded to stay here. However my friends and I often came here Saturday evenings to enjoy the party atmosphere and dance the night away. The highlight ...Read more

A memory of Inverness in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

I was a London lad, sent to the boarding school just off the Danbury road, called Sandon House School. I had some wonderful days there (and some bad ones), but that whole area of Sandon, Danbury, Great Baddow, and ...Read more

A memory of Sandon in 1966 by Alan Cook

I was in the kindergarten at Carisbrooke Convent when we had a day trip to the zoo. I remember after visiting the animals and eating the peanuts we had bought for the monkeys, we went to a play ground and those of us with ...Read more

A memory of Sandown in 1960 by Jonathan Gale

A close relative, Charles Passey, was in the police force in Abertillery. He married Doll Landon whose parents kept a shop there and I spent many a happy holiday with them in Abertillery in the mid 1930s.  The ...Read more

A memory of Abertillery in 1930 by Noelle Southam

            I lived near Clifton Park for a number of years. My memories take me back to WW2. During the Summer months my friends and I used to play football,we put our coats down for the goals, we had a good game and ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1940 by Stanley Horton