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I lived at Doxford Farm from l948 to l954, my dad worked on the farm and we lived in one of the cottages that is still there today. The farmer's name was Archie Turnbull. My best friend was Kathleen who also lived in one of the ...Read more

A memory of Doxford Newhouses in 1951 by Lorraine Preston

My great aunt, Evelyn Chapman, was a house mother at the Cottage Homes in Lanchester. We lived in Lanchester House, just opposite the homes, and I liked to go across and see the children.

A memory of Lanchester in 1953 by Marian Pallister

There was a huge house with 5 acres of land, about 1/4 mile up Itchel Lane, on the left hand side as one walked up. The house had a 'wendy house' that looked down the road and was just visible through the hedge up the ...Read more

A memory of Crondall in 1957 by Patricia Huddart

Reading Shane's memories brought back happy memories to me of holidays at Medge Hall. My Aunt Ada & Uncle Bill lived at Charity Cottages, near the Bridge, and I used to visit them on holidays to stay with Peter & David ...Read more

A memory of Medge Hall in 1958 by Lynn Bembridge

Good times. No electric, log fires, paraffin lamps, everything cooked on the old faithful black lead grate which I had to clean every week. No running water - my job every night when I got home from school was to get the ...Read more

A memory of Four Ashes in 1954 by Michael Jones

Porch Cottage must be called the happy house because as three little girls from a chemical town in the North West we also spent our summers there......of course we are now aged 58, 61 and 63 years ...Read more

A memory of Luccombe in 1958 by Maggie Fowler

Having lived from 1938 to 1959 in the adjacent Lymington Road, which backs onto the Richmond-Broad Street Line serving this station and having passed it daily to and from my way to school/work, I would ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1950 by Dennis Paul

I married John Hollis from Eyam and we were married for 38 years. Sadly, he died in November 1995. John was born in Eyam, the youngest son of Arthur and Elizabeth (Vanes).They lived in the council houses on Grindleford Road. Eyam is ...Read more

A memory of Eyam in 1956 by Elsie Hollis

Well, its roughly that date! I was born in in 1953. My grandparents George, known as his second name Fred and his wife Liz Moody were one of the "settlers" in Enham. My grandad was wounded in France in 1918. He and his wife ...Read more

A memory of Enham Alamein in 1958 by Catherine Fenton

I lived as a child in Down Road, Alveston (at Barton Cottage - now demolished) from 1959 to 1964 and have great memories of Thornbury. Having no car in those days the family would march down the hill into Thornbury to Mass on ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury in 1959 by Paul Martin