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My grandmother and all her children except my mother were evacuated to this area during and for some time after WWII.  I have a picture taken outside what I believe to be the post office.   I think perhaps it was on this street c1950.

A memory of Tintagel in 1950 by Steve Best

I, Helen Blake and my sister Carolyn moved with our parents Eileen and Arthur Blake to South Hill Cottages, next door to what was then the Post Office in Downderry run by Mrs Harris. Mrs Harris retired and the post office moved ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1954

I was delighted to hear (and see) that I was not the only person who remembers the Club House. It would seem that one or two of us lived on the estate (I lived in Coleridge Road) and a comment regarding the primary school ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1956 by Roger Steer

1959. My family and I stayed at Grandmother's house in Seabrook. I was 7. We lived there while Dad was waiting for his next military post. We rode on the light railway often and I remember being enchanted. I thought the idea that some ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1959 by David Robbins

It seems this is the first memory to be posted. My grandparents (Florence and Max Vetterlein) had the Wheatsheaf pub for about six years to 1957. They were tenants of the brewers Charringtons. There was ...Read more

A memory of Little Burstead in 1953 by Bruce Bagley

Just by the road bridge on the Yarmouth side was a pub with a long grass garden which went down to the river, on the bank was a post with a notice on it which read "Don't disturb the water otter" and tied to the post was a rusty ...Read more

A memory of Potter Heigham in 1953 by John Hopthrow

Born & bred 'Tarpotion'. The shops? The best I can remember, starting (1) Junc/Rushbottom Lane/London Rd - NAT, parcels & goods service (later Essex Carriers, Atlas Express), now the bank, cycle shop. (2) - Pie shop ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1950 by Horace Rogers

My parents bought the shop in 1952 and ran it until about 1965, it was then a very busy, thriving business, which served many of the outlying vilages. I was just 6 when we moved down from Wolverhampton and so had many ...Read more

A memory of Spetisbury in 1953 by Ivan Pearce

This was the year I started school and my mum took me into the top shop after school for some sweets for being a good girl at school (I think it was called Berrys) and every Saturday my nan came over and gave me sixpence to spend at the ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1955 by Sue Jeffrey

We moved to Oaktrow in January 1957 and until the house was habitable, we stayed at The Lion (prominently displayed in one of the photos). The village then had four shops, these being the Post Office towards ...Read more

A memory of Timberscombe in 1957 by John Nurcombe