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My grandfather, Frederick John Scott Hatcher, married a Guernsey girl, Alice Bougourd. There are Bougourds buried in the Churchyard at Haselbury. I believe the family lived in Haselbury Plucknett, and I know that ...Read more

A memory of Haselbury Plucknett in 1860 by Jill Harris

Not really a memory but my grandparents spent their honeymoon at Hotel le Gouffre in July 1900. Thanks for the picture. DF

A memory of Guernsey by Doris Franck

This vessel was built by Messrs Craggs of Middlesbrough - launched 13th July 1895. 185 ft long - Gross tonnage 386 tons with full electric lighting. She ran a regular service across the Channel calling at Guernsey, Jersey and St ...Read more

A memory of Salcombe in 1890 by Colin Vosper

My first memories are of playing on the huge expanse of sand at West Wittering and the bombing tower which used to be there after the war. We stayed on the beach till late and were put to bed in the back of ...Read more

A memory of West Wittering by Marianne Stevens

My mother and her family, the Petits, were evacuees from Guernsey during World War 2. They were housed in Coates by Stow and then Saxilby. They attended Stow School. There were 8 children, Cyril, Donald,Olive, Mavis, Monica, Audrey, ...Read more

A memory of Saxilby in 1940 by Jackie Thom

Sometime around 1956, for about two years, two of us shared a cottage in Iford village (one of the first two as you came off the main road from Lewes). We worked for Mr Robinson milking his Guernsey herd and doing the ...Read more

A memory of Iford in 1956 by Kay Mullin

We spent our honeymoon (1951) in Guernsey, and we had a lovely time. Even though it was only six years since the end of the war and the Islanders had suffered badly from the German occupation, we had as much butter and milk as we wanted, ...Read more

A memory of Guernsey in 1951 by June Jackson

Willesley Close was the centre of the universe for the first twelve years of my life from 1959. The garden enclosed twenty yards of the old railway embankment and featured a natural spring, the source of much ...Read more

A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1971 by Bill Davey

In the 50's Bertram Mills Circus used to come to town and I remember there was a great procession through the streets near the harbour, this included the elephants and the prancing horses! On Saturday mornings there were ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth

Hello, I worked on Colin Jardine ward at Treloars 1968- 1969.The ward sister was Sister Marie Tarr.I moved back to Wales in 1969 but still try and visit Alton most years as we have good friends there.I remember a patient called ...Read more

A memory of Alton by Gill Webb