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My cousin Rob Allen re-married Jackie on Thursday 7th May 2009 at the Tiverton Register Office. The happy couple and guests then moved on to the Royal Oak at Winsford for a wedding buffet, afternoon ...Read more

A memory of Winsford in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

My parents owned the nursery at Spurstow, (I remember the big oak tree in front of the petrol front on the A49). They were there from 1943 to my father's death in 1951.  Was there a family called 'Prier' (soliciter, doctor) in the ...Read more

A memory of Spurstow in 1943 by Robin Wallis

Imagine my surprise, when I Googled Bebington from my apartment in New York City and up came a photograph of a row of houses opposite The Wirral Grammar School on Heath Road in Bebington, and one of them was my ...Read more

A memory of Bebington in 1965 by First Name Last Name

I spent the first night following my wedding here so that spot will always have a special memory for me. The room was old and I seem to remember the floor was very uneven, however we did manage to have a great first night! My ...Read more

A memory of Saffron Walden in 1969 by Stan Lockie

I grew up in Old Calmore at Croft Farm. My parents, Cyril and Winifred Pass, bought the property when they returned from India in 1947, and we lived in the 'pump house' until the bungalow was built in 1949. My earliest clear ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by Nina Stoddart

My mother, father and I moved into an old Victorian public house in Shipley. Life was different living in a pub and travelling miles to school in Bradford.

A memory of Shipley in 1950 by Anne Clarke

I remember the prison camp at the bottom of Weston Park Avenue. They had a Bedford Utility bus to transport the inmates and my parents got friendly with the camp officials and went out on the bus one night to the Pack ...Read more

A memory of Shelton Lock by Ron Stringer

I was an apprentice in Mr Richard's tailor's shop, Barnstable, horse in window with a man in riding gear. Mr Diamond instructed me, a nice gent. I had to go back to Bradford before my apprenticeship was completed. I have happy memories, go for holidays now. I would like to have a photo of the shop.

A memory of Barnstaple in 1947 by Maurice Foster

My memories at Taxal Lodge are good ones. I started there at 12 in 1979/80. I did not get much of an education in the traditional sense but I got taught how to respect people, property, and the countryside. David Hughes was ...Read more

A memory of Taxal by David Baliga

I lived in Tusmore Park in the late 1950s and early 1960s. My name was Susan Barnsley. My dad Ken was gardener in the enclosed Victorian garden and I remember living in Garden Cottage which backed onto the gardens, ...Read more

A memory of Tusmore Park in 1959 by Susan Devonport