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I was put on the cradle roll at about 6 months and attended every sunday school anniversary from the age of 3 - 16 !!! Always had 2 new dresses fro the anniversary.. and a perm!! I had forgotten about Mr Chapman - thank you ...Read more

A memory of Melton Mowbray by Denise Meadwell

How funny! We now own and live in this house. It has barely changed since this photograph, although it is no longer a guest house and its name is different. There are some barns and a coach house in the background which have been ...Read more

A memory of Ottery St Mary in 1960 by Robert Baker

Coming across this picture sparked memories of such happy times I had as as a child spending my summer holidays in a chalet at Seaview. It was not unusual to stay for four or more weeks in one of the chalets and spend ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1958 by Roger Steer

I did not know many of the people of the village or much of the history of the village.  However there were some who stay in my memory and to this day I often think about them. All too often I cannot remember their names.  I ...Read more

A memory of Llangattock in 1958 by David Palfrey

I lived in Upper Belvedere from the time I was born until I married 1n 1954. I used to catch the 99 bus from the Eardly Arms pub, on a Saturday morning. to the Ritz cinema in the high street Erith. There was no Odeon then. The ...Read more

A memory of Erith in 1930 by Stanley Gray

I am wondering if anyone remembers the school in Chagford at Holystreet Manor. I went to this school in the mid 1950s and at the time it was called St Brides, later to be re-named Holystreet Manor School with a change of ...Read more

A memory of Chagford in 1955 by David Moon

I was born in Torquay in June 1954 in Shrublands Hospital (can anybody remember that hospital, it was in the Warberrys). I left Torquay when I was 23 and came to live in London, my heart is still there. Who knows, I might retire back there. ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 1860 by Andy Wells

As a young teenager with fond memories of Evesham and surrounding areas, I enjoyed with two of my male friends, camping  at  Weir Camping Meadow, which was located by the River Avon down in the lower part of the town. The camping ...Read more

A memory of Evesham in 1940 by Arthur Forty

I was born and grew up in East Barnet and went to St, Mary's C of E Junior and Mixed Infants School in Churchill Road.  It was a small school with only four classes and the boys left at seven and ...Read more

A memory of East End in 1940 by Barbara Owen

My family returned emergently to Ealing, from the U.S., in late 1969. We lived with my widowed grandfather in North Ealing and I was sent to school at Ealing Grammar. As we were not sure how long we would be ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1970 by Michael Gross