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Hi Martin, It was in fact Peter Frampton who lived there at number 12. His dad was the head of the art department at Ravenswood School for Boys (then Bromley Technical High), and I went to school at Pickhurst Primary with his younger ...Read more

A memory of Bromley by Richard Holt

I was born in Northallerton in 1952. My father was a cousin of the Smirthwaites and therefore worked in the garage that was once where Argos now stands. My mothers family were Atkinson's and they lived in South Parade. There were 6 ...Read more

A memory of Northallerton by Susan Stanwix

I grew up in Driglington late 50s/ 60s and remember going to watch Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy, now that was another lifetime ago. As I got a bit older lots of us drig lads used to visit a coffee shop in the main ...Read more

A memory of Birstall by cbroa7

For those who have never been to our village called Kibworth, it is worth noting locals call it "Kibbuth". You live in either "Top Kibbuth"- Kibworth Harcourt or "Bottom Kibbuth"- Kibworth Beauchamp. I myself personally, ...Read more

A memory of Kibworth Harcourt in 1973 by Wayne Coleman

Dear Paul, I feel I should know either you or your brother but don't.  However, the Youth Club was originally Little Sutton library and prior to that the reading room.  I remember going there to choose my books from a very young age. ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1965 by Kathleen Green

I have this photograph on the wall as it reminds me of my dad, Arthur Edward Elson. He was born in Mill Lane in 1914 and worked as a 'butcher's boy' for Baldwin's which is just visible on the right of the photo. He delivered meat ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1920 by Patricia Howard

I was a 13 year old boy from Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. My father was a Sergeant in the US Air Force, assigned to Burtonwood RAF Station. We rented a flat at 35 London Rd, Stockton Heath. It was ...Read more

A memory of Stockton Heath in 1956 by Jay Wilcox

I remember well the parade through the village on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee. My mother and several other mothers dressed six of us young boys as toy soldiers and we had to march in the parade.  However, the ...Read more

A memory of West Lulworth in 1930 by Albert Spavins

I was born in Princes Risborough and fondly remember as a young boy going into the shop with the bay window (shown on the right of your picture) to buy sweets and giggle at the young girls. The shop was known locally as ...Read more

A memory of Princes Risborough in 1949 by Dudley Bailey

In the 1960's as a little boy my dad, mum, little sister and me visted the grandparents in Penponds.   They were known as the Laity's, Efe and Les Laity, and the Rodgers were next door, a big family.

A memory of Penponds by Stephen Brown