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I often wondered who Hubert was. Other road names around were obvious. Bank Street was on a bank; School street had a school at the end of it. But Hubert Terrace? One side of my street was brick and the other was stone; something else ...Read more

A memory of Bensham in 1964 by Susan Green

Does anyone remember The Tramp. It's quite likely that he wasn't a tramp at all but that's what we called him, although we never spoke to him nor did he ever speak to us. He became an almost daily fixture adding to the intrigue of ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Last weekend saw our Village Reunion and true to form "the People of Kingskerswell" never failed to amaze me. Families gathered from all around and they came from Kent, Nottingham, Dorset, Wiltshire, Bristol, London, Wales as well local ...Read more

A memory of Kingskerswell in 2010 by Jan Vian

I remember lots of the names on the memory of Horton Heath. My grandparents were the Craggs and lived at Horton Heath as well. I went to school in Fair Oak. It was a long walk from Horton Heath. I ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1952 by Ingrid Boere

"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, had ...Read more

A memory of Graig in 1940 by Colin Gronow

This is my Uncle and Aunt and cousin Arthur, outside their cottage no. 32 North Hill in Clovelly village. They lived there for many years and took in many many people for B&B, people ...Read more

A memory of Clovelly by Graham Shackson

This is the first swimming pool I ever saw and where I learned to swim. I went to the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and this is where we were taken, once a week, for our swimmimg lessons. I was placed into care when I was 11 years old ...Read more

A memory of Horncastle by Ray Cooke

Goodness! Reading all these wonderful memories of others living in Ogmore, reminds me of mine ... I remember visiting the Workmen's Hall cinema and all the 'old' movies - Dambusters, Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin! - how strange that ...Read more

A memory of Ogmore Vale in 1955

I love my home town of Dorking. I was born there in Lincoln Road in July 1939, five weeks before the start of WW2. We played in the street and used people's gate posts for rounders bases as there was not a car in sight. We roamed ...Read more

A memory of Dorking in 1945 by David Newman

I was mad about photography and would go all over Bisley with my camera. I would concentrate on the wildlife, esp. on the village pond where my brother and I would look for various types ...Read more

A memory of Bisley in 1959 by Brian Frankling