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I have been looking at the photograph shown on this page and may have jumped to an incorrect conclusion. The area shown in the photograph is / was Corner House and there used to be a house on the r.h.s. of the road as you ...Read more

A memory of Shermanbury in 2014 by Christopher Whittton

On saturday the 21st of june a wonderful reunion of the villagers of Troedrhiwfuwch took place at The Tredegar Arms in New Tredegar . People came from all over the country and we had a wonderful time regaling stories of our youth to ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 2014 by Jennifer Jenkins

I don't remember any of my childhood until I moved to Peterlee in 1971. I was 5 years old at the time and was started at Eden Hall infants. When I moved to the big school aged 7 I was placed in Mrs Hoy's class, she was a ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 2014 by Stuart Wright

WOW, what a Great Picture !! If only there was another Picture taken from the other side as that is where I live , I know it would have been the land of Great Bradfords Farm. I am doing a History of my House , really it is amazing what you can find , sadly I cannot find much on Coggeshall Road .

A memory of Braintree in 2014

Not quite a historical memory. But only last year I began some serious searching into my father's mother's family. She died when he was a wee child, and he lost touch with her family. He is now 94 years old, and this year I ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 2013 by Lavinia Moore

I live in the Brad, and I was born there. If you live in the Brad you should know my father or mother, Ivor Jones or Nicola Jones. My name is Alisha Jones and I have heard loads of stories about the old times in the Brad and now I wish I lived in the older time, because it was more peaceful.

A memory of Llanbradach in 2013

I remember walking down Chapel Lane way back when, and suddenly from the undergrowth emerged the most glorious looking Minature Dachsund that I had ever seen. My pals all agreed with me that he was 'absolutely ...Read more

A memory of Letty Green in 2013

I live on the old grounds of the hospital and I just love Chartham. I'm a bit sad though because the Stinker School are moving up here and I think their knocking down the hospital.

A memory of Chartham in 2013

2013 was the 100th anniversary of my father 'Reginald' Douglas Aubrey Dixon, so I returned to St. Mary's and laid what I call a 'platinum' wreath by the plaque I had engraved for the 'new cemetery' which records those ...Read more

A memory of Kippax in 2013 by Geoffrey Dixon Hamilton

The Mechanics Institute Library in Epworth has photographs and historical information relating to Temple Belwood. The Library is a very good source of local history and photographs for the whole of the Isle of Axholme.

A memory of Templeborough in 2013 by Christine Pledger