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At the time, I was in the RN, serving in a Joint Servce org attachd to the Army at Wilton. My wife and I lived in Manor Road, just off London Road. Most of our shopping was done at weekends, starting off with a ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury in 1962 by David Jones

I attended Manor Street School from 1943-1949 ish. I also lived at No17 Manor Street shown as one of the white cottages seen virtually joined to the school wall during those years. It's exactly opposite the entrance to the ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1943 by Sheila Ambrose

The Common, which is a delightful huge stretch of open ground from Cardiff Road to the Westra, was the sporting centre for the villagers. Here the cricket club played and the rugby club also held their ...Read more

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1966 by Gerald Davies

I was born in Barnet, but we lived on Hatfield Garden Village estate from 1949. My mother still lived there until July last year where she died peacefully in her chair. Over the sixty years I have seen many changes, most of ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield in 1960 by Christine Newman

My parents Dorothy (Dot - nee Brownett) & Edward King lived in the Mill residence when I was born, staying with my grandparents Mr & Mrs Brownett. Mr Brownett was "Head Gardener" at the Swan Hotel and I understand they ...Read more

A memory of Bibury in 1950 by Derek King

My memory of Budleigh Salterton is spending a couple of months or so at a childrens convalescent home in the spring/early summer of 1955. I revisited the town a few years back to find that the old childrens ...Read more

A memory of Budleigh Salterton in 1955 by Laurie Hornsby

My G,G,Grandfather was born in this house on the 2nd of July 1864, his name was Joseph Burgess and his parents' names were Joseph and Lydia Burgess nee Brooke. Joseph Burgess emigrated to Australia ...Read more

A memory of Tarporley in 1860 by Joanne Scott

We moved to Farlington after being bombed out of Stanley Avenue in Portsmouth. My first school was Bedhampton where most of the lessons were in the Airaid Shelter! I then went on to Manor House School at Havant where I ...Read more

A memory of Farlington in 1940 by Gerald Thompson

This was where everyone waited for the buses that took us east to Pangbourne and Reading or west to Newbury, our main shopping town.  Newbury had a thriving market twice a week and buses were frequent, eight per day.   The Well ...Read more

A memory of Yattendon by Maggi Stamp Loshak

I remember as a young girl going to visit my grandparents house in Monega Road, Manor Park.  They lived in a three-up, two-down with a funny type coal shed under the stairs! I can remember walking down the tree-lined ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1980 by Jenny Watts