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I was born at 'Barford View' in Churt in 1952 and lived there until I was 13. I am one of eight children of the Lindsey-Clark family, my brothers and one of my sisters still live in the area. I have such wonderful memories of Churt - cricket ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1952 by Trudi Gatehouse

I went to school at St Mary's down Horncastle Road and we would sit by the Maud Foster and wait for the trailers of peas to go by on their way to the canners by Bargate Bridge, then grab arms fulls of pea vines then sit and eat them at the side of the road - we always ate our veg!

A memory of Boston in 1959 by Kieran Johnson

I came to E.H. in 1947 when I was 2 yrs old, and lived in Gallants Lane - opposite Fen Lane. Audrey Hudson used to organize the village children for the St John's Ambulance Brigade practice evenings, when we would ...Read more

A memory of East Harling in 1955 by Keith Wooldridge

To Mary Muir, I remember you very well. Those were the days. I started school then in February aged 4 and a half years old. I remember all my teachers. I wonder if these names ring a bell, Miss Todd, Miss Taylor, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Lumphinnans in 1957 by Ellen Hogg

I was born in Dublin, Ireland. My mother was born in Six Bells. Her name was Olwen Roche, nee Griffiths. In 1959 my mother took myself and my brother to stay with my grandparents who lived at no 9 Griffin Street. I will never forget ...Read more

A memory of Six Bells in 1959 by John Roche

This parade of shops is in my memory for ever - my family moved to Orchard Close - which starts just beside the post office on the right of the picture - in 1946. My brother was five and I was six months old. We ...Read more

A memory of Fetcham in 1950 by Christine Fox

I was born up The Monkey in 1957. I moved from there to George Street in 1966. The name of the street was Dunraven Place. The name of the pub was the Dunraven Hotel. There were 8 houses up The Monkey when I lived there. My mother told me there ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1957 by Karen Davies

Onwards and upwards through the years, I had an aunty and grandmother who lived there. Ending up at No2 Mount pleasant after living in Low Lane. Lilly and Bill Stone, parents of my mother Jaqueline Stone (now Stevens). ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1956 by Ian Stevens

We first arrived in Sandiway in 1956. I remember getting off the bus at the top of Mere Lane and walking down towards our new home in Cherry Lane. The house was a 'tied house' belonging to the ICI and our ...Read more

A memory of Sandiway in 1956 by Keith Wilson

Bolberry Down, brings back such lovely memories to me of the days of National Service. My boyfriend and I spent some of his leave sitting there and dreaming of his demob. We would go there and do a lot of walking, the cliffs are so high ...Read more

A memory of Bolberry in 1953 by Patricia Perring