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I remember "the laughing cat" around 1959/60 when it was a coffee bar, I was a patient at the nearby hospital when on occasion I would pay it a visit with a nurse I was friendly with on her afternoon off ...Read more

A memory of Alton by mick.higham

My wife Carol was a Highland lassie by birth and when we split up she left Leeds. She lived at Trades Park and eventualy married again up there. I visited Nairn a lot on trips to see my four kids, it was an 800 ...Read more

A memory of Nairn in 1987 by Paul Leavett

My family moved to Bracknell in 1961 from Lancashire. I can remember some of the shops in Crossway. At the top end by the High Street was a toyshop, next door was a gents clothes shop nearly opposite that was Miller Morris and ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by risingsun456

Hi..I too went to Flamstead End junior school..and remember Mrs Sibley and Mr Cave...Mr Cave lived in Pottars Bar and drove what seemed a large car then - an Austin Cambridge I think....there was also a Miss/Mrs Butterfield ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt by David Hawkins

I started working at Brundon Farm when I was ten years old. Mr Norman was very kind to me and I helped out on the the farm for the next five years. I had a great time when I was a kid fishing at Brundon Mill mainly for pike. There ...Read more

A memory of Brundon in 1969 by Alastair Creavy

Hello, my name is Linda and I'd like to share some info. My late hubby Eddie David Stallon, born 5/9/48 lived with his parents in Coalville. His parents Ivy and Joe Stallon ran a fish and chip shop there and later had ...Read more

A memory of Coalville by bridgeland9

I lived in North Cheam from when I was born (1951) until 1972. When I was young I remember shopping in Sainsburys with my mum. There was a beautiful tiled floor and the counters ran along both sides. There was a ...Read more

A memory of North Cheam by erice73737

I was married in 1982 and moved into Park Farm (next to the church). There was a school, a church, village hall, a bowling green, two social clubs BNFL & EAT, a railway station and the Women's ...Read more

A memory of Capenhurst in 1982 by Joanna Pemberton

Mr Ley, ex Army Major who along with his family started probably one of the first Holiday Caravan sites at Par Sands. Mr Ley always drove a yellow Rolls Royce when he arrived to clean the vans. On the entrance to the ...Read more

A memory of Par in 1952 by Frank Lewin

I was four when my family moved from London to Manage the Rose and Crown in 1940. The Rose and Crown was then about four hundred and fifty years old. After six months there was a devastating fire which destroyed the whole ...Read more

A memory of Ashbury in 1940 by First Name Last Name