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My name is Peter Smith. I have some wonderful memories of Ryde. The flying boats in East Cowes is one of them. The trams that ran through Ryde, before the underground stock was bought in from London. I remember being severly told off ...Read more

A memory of Ryde in 1957 by Peter Smith

Born in 1943 and living in 'Washington Station' (now Columbia). I remember watching horses being shod here many times, when I was a child. I still remember the fierce heat from the furnace, with the Blacksmith and the horses wringing wet with sweat.

A memory of Washington in 1950 by June Lamb (Nee Banks)

My dad Denby Smith was a barber in the village but he left there in about 1950 and his father had the barbers shop before him and his name was Albert Acquilla Smith. I have an old photo of the shop with his name above it and it has ...Read more

A memory of Chopwell in 1950 by Betty Green

I attended Suntrap Residential School on Hayling Island from 1953 for 2 years... I loved it! I was sent there because I was small for my age. A lot of the kids had asthma, and it was thought that being at school on the edge of ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1953 by Ruth Smith Smith

There are 3 Hills on the memorial, but they're only dad's cousins, his father and 2 uncles came back from the trenches. Grandad (another Bill Hill, like dad) was always in the Legion and Gt Uncle Harry (who lived in Chalvey with his ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1950 by Dave Hill

My twin sister and me were brought up in Hixon from babies till we were about 10, we were known as the Taylor Twins. We first lived with our nan in the house that stands at the top of Smithie Lane and Featherbed Lane, we then moved into ...Read more

A memory of Hixon in 1954 by Trudy Allsop

The name is Gareth Davis, and my grandfather (Harry Davis) lived at No 2 Ivor (Ifor) Terrace in Blackmill, although I later lived in Bryncethin I used to travel with the local butcher Clive Heale back to Blackmill to deliver meat to homes ...Read more

A memory of Blackmill in 1957 by Gareth Davis

The space between the houses and shed was the beginning or the end of the Under Road, it went round to the other side of the village, and finished opposite the chapel on Main Street, a nice walk or bike ride in the summer, or a short cut ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1950 by Clive Bisby

REMEMBER, REMEMBER WE must have been thirteen. Cousin Keith and I sat on a small flight of steps, what remained of a burnt-out bungalow overlooking the village. It was May Day. Hot and ...Read more

A memory of Mochdre in 1952 by Elwyn Edwards

My uncle, Lewis Clarke and aunty Gert, the butchers, had 4 children, my cousins. Gillian at the time was single and had a friend called Mac who was a pilot at Manby and when he flew over the village he ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes in 1953 by Stewart Mc Caw