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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

If you look at the photograph of The Wells, on the crossroad that leads up the hill to Midland Road, the first shop on the corner used to be Barclays Bank but before then it was a tobacco shop and sweet shop combined. In the ...Read more

A memory of Royston by Roland Mitchell

My Grand father was William Birnie, his father was John Birnie, they ran Glen Mhor distillery in Inverness, my sister and i have such wonderful memories of summer and winters in Inverness, having to walk along the river Ness after our ...Read more

A memory of Nairn in 1960 by Peter Kemp

I moved to Farndon with my job in 1991 and lived there for around five years - I worked as the warden for Quarry Avenue and Lloyds Close pensioners bungalows. I fondly remember how friendly everyone was and it didn't take long for me to ...Read more

A memory of Farndon in 1991 by Dianne Hughes

Memories of a Delivery Boy 50/60s We moved onto the Beavers Lane Estate in 1951 as it was being built. Our first home was in the Chester Road flats with kids in every flat we soon had a large group of friends, Richard Dave ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Jeff Williams

Was a patient for six weeks in summer of 1966. World cup celebration times (England won it that year) and sunshine though I was sad then. An amazing mix of patients; from young people (including me) to professional people, business ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by jaysweepe

memory of a very wealthy city. Beautiful shops- Brown Muffs, busbys, claydons, mathias robinson. Barclays bank international division was in Bradford but not in Leeds because the overseas dealings with all wool merchants ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by christine676

Trying to get in touch with Richard Hounsome. He seems to know me , but sorry I do not remember him . If he was to get in touch with me , maybe I would remember ! I lived at North Lodge , Now Barclay's Bank , across the street from the Kowatch boys.

A memory of Three Bridges by Al (Alfred) Manzoli

Wolseley Bridge has some memories for me going back to late 1968 and throughout 1969 as I was a pupil at St Bede’s School in nearby Bishton Hall. My mother was matron at the time and as we were mother and son (father died in ...Read more

A memory of Wolseley Plain in 1969 by John Richard Jones

Does anyone remember the coffee shop that used to be at the top of Rayleigh High Street, opposite the old Barclays bank, this would be in the early 60's. I would love to know what it was called and who took it over or what became of it.

A memory of Thundersley