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This was a weekend to remember! The Clitheroe Morris Men invited several other dance "sides" to join them for a weekend of dancing, music and - of course - beer drinking! By a lucky chance I was ...Read more

A memory of Clitheroe in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

I used to go to a pre-school in Wickham that got turned into tendy flats/houses. It used to be just down the hill from Clarkes and had an old house with the most wonderful almost 'secret' garden ajoining the school and the old lady that ...Read more

A memory of Wickham in 1983 by First Name Last Name

My late father and mother-in-law used to love their holidays on the Isle of Wight and particularly enjoyed their times at what they called Totland Tea Gardens. Would anyone have any recollection of this place? I would be ...Read more

A memory of Totland Bay in 1985 by Sarah Woodin

This is the stretch of the Parade past the Donkey Stand and Balcony House, the Copper Grill restaurant is in sight before Little Lane at the side of the famous Nicholl's ice cream shop. The Copper Grill is now some kind of tandoori, I'm ...Read more

A memory of Parkgate in 1980 by Stuart Hill

The low house was run by a lovely couple named Paul and Janet Parsons. The had a son Zach (Zacky Bongo) and a daughter, Tabitha. What a pleasant atmosphere they always maintained. Friends like the Parsons are rare and sadly ...Read more

A memory of Laxfield in 1985 by John Ziv

This was the year my wife and I took a big gamble.  Looking for a DIY challenge and a move into the countryside from Basingstoke we decided to buy the Old School House in Clyffe Pypard.  The Victorinan house, ...Read more

A memory of Clyffe Pypard in 1989 by Geoff Hunter

My memories of St Combs: When I was a wee boy going out to visit my granny and granddad in Fishie, my granda Paddy used to take me out for a ice cream to the wee fish 'n chip shop in the middle of St Combs ...Read more

A memory of St Combs in 1983 by Scott Gray

From early 1984 to March 1987 I had the pleasure of being the Landlady of this public house. Many good times (some bad), many lovely customers, some of whom became friends and not forgetting all the people who came to ...Read more

A memory of West End in 1986 by Vee Williams

I purchased Outlands in 1987 for £70,000, it was and still is my dream home with so much potential, we are still on generator and spring water, the river Camel with salmon and trout fishing is on one boundary and a stream on another boundry ...Read more

A memory of Bodmin in 1987 by David Newton

I need drawings or photos of the gardens at Felixstowe's shelter before it was pulled down.

A memory of Felixstowe in 1988 by Paul Turner