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The Mansbridges were my great grandparents. My grandmother, Elizabeth M Card is buried in the church yard and lived for many many years in the thatched cottage just outside the church gates. I spent many holidays there as I only lived in ...Read more

A memory of Combrook by Philip Card

My name is Owen Cox,and i lived in Dovecote estate from 1966-1970 approx. A man i shall always remember fondly is Mr Cavanagh who ran the school with his wife Joan. A wonderful man,teacher,and human being. When ...Read more

A memory of Rippingale by owen7591

we lived in valiant road in the 60s. my name is janet squire, I had an older brother david. I remember the club house, the air raid shelters and the lollipop lady. there was an old car in the woods that we would spend ...Read more

A memory of Coddington by mollymog

my dad used to work in 50 BoB Taylors , which became john Colliers ,a taylor by trade , he often visited people to measure them up for a suit etc; he worked in chapel street for many many years . I attended ...Read more

A memory of Southport in 1960 by Margot Holland

Whitethorn Morris danced here at various town centre sites and pubs along with St Albans Morris Men, Caddington Blues and Bedfordshire Lace. It was all in support of the Dunstable Folk Festival which was organised by Dunstable Town Council. A surprisingly enjoyable day was had by all!

A memory of Dunstable in 2001 by John Howard Norfolk

heads the label in a dictionary of music that I received as a prize in Upper IA. No date. It must have been 1955. My name was/is Margaret Morley. I joined the school on my return from Malaya in 1951, followed by ...Read more

A memory of Laleham

I lived at the RAF camp at Coddington during my teens. I went to Sconce Hills school & later worked at Alec W. Adams in Lombard Street. In those days, as office workers we were required to work on Saturday mornings and ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1970 by Margaret Geoge

In 1949 there was a large outbreak of Scarlet Fever in the U.K. I was just four years old and was diagnosed with Scarlet Fever. I was admitted to Cuddington (I lived in Banstead) and spent the next five weeks there. I ...Read more

A memory of Nork in 1949 by David Hopkins

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

I was born in Doddington in 1934, and have nothing but happy memories of growing up there. I had one elder brother (Owen), and one elder sister (Jean), and one younger sister ( Kathleen). I went to the local ...Read more

A memory of Doddington by Charles Palmer