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I remember being a young whippersnapper in the good old Kippers Junction and the man who lived on the end of the street was named Joe Bigs. But he was always smoking about 20 snouts at 1 time. So we used to call him Old Smokey Joe - he didn't like the name but no wonder we called him it.

A memory of Tullibody in 1980

Our parents bought Little thatch in the 1970's as a weekend cottage, and we loved it. One night, staying there with my husband, we heard a rapping on the front door. The time was very late pm, and we ...Read more

A memory of Ogbourne St Andrew in 1982 by Catherine Mackenzie

Samantha was about seventeen when I first met her, she lived at the large house next to the old Church Farm. I remember it was a hot sunny day and I was heaving straw onto the ground from the cart, wheat ...Read more

A memory of Honingham in 1981 by Tom Venour

Buying matchbox cars in what used to be the Post Office, sometimes after nursey school, my mum and I would walk up there and pick one out from the glass display case at the front of the shop. That's in the days when matchbox cars came ...Read more

A memory of Elworth in 1982

I remember the pool very well as it was only a stones throw from the old playground which had a giant slide. The sad thing is, that one of my old friend's had an accident when the pool was closed and hit his poor young ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1982

This view is little different from the one seen by Whitethorn Morris at the Sidmouth International Folk Festival on several occasions in the 1980's. We danced and I played my accordian for the Whitethorn Band on ...Read more

A memory of Sidmouth in 1982 by John Howard Norfolk

The large house to the right of the picture is called Barclay House, it's also St Keverne garage.  We moved there in late 1979 and lived there for 3 years, having to leave it behind and move back to the north west due to family ...Read more

A memory of St Keverne in 1981 by Marvin Hall

There were only 25 children in our tiny school, which was a shock when we got to middle school! We used to play up the common and when the nuns from St. Domonic's rang the bell for 6pm we all knew it was time to go in. ...Read more

A memory of Hambledon in 1980 by Stella Turner

Morris dancers were often asked to provide entertainment at church fetes in the Harrow area in the 1980's. On one occasion the Whitethorn Morris dancers and their Whitethorn Band ...Read more

A memory of Eastcote in 1984 by John Howard Norfolk

To all the young 'ens of that era or anyone else - who remembers walking down and up the self beaten footpath behind the long established fish & chip shop opposite the old Heppinstall's general store (long since gone), to the ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill Lees in 1983 by Martin Bird