Search Results

I was four when my parents, Geoff and Pyll Kleboe, bought Keepers Cottage, Henfold Lane, Newdigate. A Mrs Thompson and her husband "Blackberry Jack" had lived there for many years and the property was very run down. With the ...Read more

A memory of Newdigate in 1951 by Sarah Rashbrooke

My husband was stationed at RAF Acklington. I used to collect my marriage allowance at the post office. I recall a VERY cold day waiting for a bus. I had just returned from the heat of the Far East and was unaware how ...Read more

A memory of Red Row in 1959 by Rosemarie Hodge

I lived at Trenholme Bar in Station House next to the Forth family. Across the road lived a lady called Mrs Jobling, her late husband had been a tailor. This house was demolished to make way for the new road. My brother and sister ...Read more

A memory of Trenholme Bar in 1956 by Malcolm Hall

During the early Second World War years there was considerable construction along the Barton beach and the cliff top to hinder any possible designs of the dastardly twins on our rural paradise. These constructions used to be a major ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1951 by Roger Williams

I was born 1945 at Mason Green Farm and attended the little school from 1950 until 1954 when my father moved on to other employment away from the area to Furness in north Lancs. My sister Barbara who is 4 years younger than me only ...Read more

A memory of Bashall Eaves in 1950 by George Appleton

I have just read various entries for remembering streets of Salford which had my childhood flooding back to me with lots of affection. I also can remember the cobbled streets, rag bone man etc. But I also remember the people. I was ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by David Smith

I was stationed at West Beckham next to Bodham on the road to Holt. I have lovely memories of a lovely place and friendly folk, at least the girls were. They said there was a shortage of men in Norfolk, I think they ...Read more

A memory of Holt in 1957 by David Simpson

The day after our trip to London, I woke in the morning and was told to immediately get dressed and put on my new shoes and overcoat by mother. We dropped Bernard at Aldersbrook School and then caught a bus into Wanstead Tube Station, ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Gordon Mays Baird

I was born in Quarrington Hill in 1941 and left to train as a nurse aged 17. Being post war it was difficult, everything on rations and little money. My school was Cassop County Primary. Our days were spent on the village ...Read more

A memory of Quarrington Hill in 1955 by David Johnson

I remember the swan, we lived in Burton from 1953-1957 then moved to Hampshire. I remember the gardens at Stapenhill, crossing the bridge into town, the steam trains and level crossings in the middle of town, the river and ...Read more

A memory of Burton upon Trent in 1957 by Rosemarie Nightingale