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I have great memories of Weymouth, we used to stay just outside Weymouth at Moonfleet Manor. My parents first stayed there just after the 2nd world war, it was a complimentary holiday after a double booking at blackpool. The owners had ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth by Fay Cooper

My grandparents, H.W.G White and his wife Kathleen, lived at Wheatleys, were my sister and I spent our school holidays. Fond memories of the Hedgers, who lived at the hall. Miss Monk, from the little bungalow at the back ...Read more

A memory of South Moreton in 1940 by Susannah Slater

My great grandfather Alfred Lyne Bradby was born at Manor Farm in 1845 and in the census of 1871 was single and had a housekeeper living there by the name of Margaret Dow. His father, Anthony Bradby ...Read more

A memory of Preston Candover in 1870 by Mary Rogers

During the fifties my friends and I spent many an hour in the woods and playing around the castle, during our school holidays we would be up there from dawn till dusk a few sandwiches and a bottle of water, those were the days. Many ...Read more

A memory of Henbury by David Baber

This is a follow on from my earlier memory - Christmas in Shifnal. What a wonderful time. I can remember it snowing at Christmas time as a child, and sitting in the bay window of our flat above the cakeshop and toyshop at 4 Bradford ...Read more

A memory of Shifnal by Jane Keef

I attended (sometimes) Kenyngton Manor Secondary Modern School. I lived at 149, Vicarage Road (opposite the Hare and Hounds). I loved Lower Sunbury. The river, the weir, Wilsons Ferry, the Locks were my growing up and lasting ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1949 by Ken Jones

I lived in Lynmouth Gardens. Names I remember:- Mrs. Hutchings, Head of Perivale Primary School. Charlie Nevill, Head of the Junior school with his green sports car. Crystal Andrews who regularly showed us her green ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1940 by William Lamm

Hi I was the sixth child of seven born to John William Robinson and Annie Elizebeth Robinson (Nee Cato). Our dad was a miner who worked the New Lount and Ellistown Mines. I went to school at Swannington C ...Read more

A memory of Swannington in 1951 by Frank Robinson

Having left Crewe in 1958, although I have been back a few times since then, seeing these photographs has triggered a lot of good memories. I have positive memories of Mill Street, teachers like Brian West and a Mr Riley, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1958 by Stephen Blanchard

My grandparents lived in the Lantern House. Granddad, William Gardner, was a shepherd; Granny Mary Eleanor was a midwife and nurse for the area. She used to ride with the Doctor in a horse and trap to visit their ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1940 by Roger Molesworth