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I was at Fairfield, late 70s, miss Brooke,was head & she would bounce up drive with tress her Labrador every morning while we were at breakfast,miss coyne became deputy head,& her dogs poppy & berry & that VW She ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by emerald1960.td

I lived here in the late 60's early 70's when it was closed. My dad Peter Bishop ran the pub up the road. Paid a nostalgic trip back here in Sept '19 and what a shame that the old place had gone. Still, brought back a lot of memories of ...Read more

A memory of Tadworth by mandy.thomas192

My mother’s cousin, Gordon Ross, was the head gardener at Howden Dene in the ‘30s and ‘40’s, when the property was owned by the Straker-Smith family. I was born in 1934. During WW2 when sea-side holidays were difficult, my mother ...Read more

A memory of Howden Dene by p.wolstenholme

I attended Bishop Wordsworth's School between 1964 and 1967 arriving when I was 14. I had previously gone to a very prestigious grammar school in north London which in fact was awful. Discipline was non-existent, ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury by al.birkett

Getting in to Swanwick Hall Grammar School from Kilburn Junior School was an incredible surprise for me but I did OK all thanks to the amazing teachers there at the time and it set the scene for the rest of my life. It got me ...Read more

A memory of Swanwick by geoffkmc

In 1941 when I was 10 years old we lost our home in the Plymouth blitz. Having been to Crackington before the war on holiday and staying at Baypark Farm (Mr and Mrs Coombs) we arranged to go there again. Living as ...Read more

A memory of Crackington Haven by Margaret Jones

Does anyone remember Heads Fruit & Veg shop near Welling Corner?

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by Christopher Smith

Thomas Pritchard was born in Much Marcle, Herefordshire in 1831. He left school at age 14 and learnt carpentering at Morgan, Worcestershire. In 1857 he left England on the ' Horizon' for Australia. He landed ...Read more

A memory of Much Marcle by James Logan Bell

I was born in "Fishie" in 1947, my first teacher was Mrs. Adams and the head was Mr. Duncan. I lived there until 1967 at which point I emigrated to Canada with my good friend Ronald Brown who's family also lived in ...Read more

A memory of Fetterangus in 1967 by Gordon Gray

It is said that we all have a Guardian Angel, myself and my good friend Jimmy Fraser certainly had one 58 years ago. At a Hallowe'en party in the Dochgarroch hall in 1954 (I was 7 years old), it got a bit stuffy so I went outside ...Read more

A memory of Dochgarroch in 1954 by Andy Kennedy