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This is a photo of Hogarth close. I grew up in a house in Bower Way just to the left of the picture. I can remember them building these houses on the grounds of a house which included a chicken run at the bottom of ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham

My mum Olive Mary Broomfield known as Mary, was born at Brookside West Brook Street. Blewbury. It was originally The Old Wool Shop and was run by my grandmother Minnie Alice Broomfield [ nee Brogden ] . My grandfather was Charles Broomfield but always known as Ben.

A memory of Blewbury by melanieriley2

I must say that my memories of Rope Hill while CGC Arch was Headmaster are not particularly happy ones. I remember him as a sadistic, flatulent fellow who was fond of the cane. Perhaps I was too much of a troublemaker. Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Boldre by stephenbrooks2124

I lived in Hamilton Road from age 3 until age 8 (1950-1955). As it was just a few years after the war and school places were few, I attended a little private school called Stanley Hall School in (I believe) Montague Road. It was a ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by annmorgan695

I recall the zoo at the common. It was run if I recall by Mary Chipperfield. We use to climb up the oak trees and peer in for free.

A memory of Southampton by rlbicker

Another mistake. I have written this with the correct photo elsewhere PLEASE DELETE THIS VERSION My father saw this clock being installed when he was young. It was an electric mechanism but many decades later somebody ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

We spent all our warm summer holidays at Westgate. We lived in South London. My Grandmother lived in Quex Road and we had a caravan on St Crispens caravan site. I loved getting fish heads from the fish monger to go crabbing. I ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by grahamleeper1

Many times I have caught wild Brown Trout between 1999 and 2012 on float fished worm in the Swere, running light leger or small lures under bushes and trees, between 1/2 lb to 1.5 lb. One time a minnow caught was ...Read more

A memory of River Swere

How a Family that came to south Cambridgeshire Clifford John Masters, My Story I was born in 4 Chaucer Cottages Foxton on the 9th February 1940 The houses backed onto the “park” all ...Read more

A memory of Barrington by masters.clifford2

This boat was called Albion, I remember her well as I spent my childhood in Cardnell's yard either sailing the family boat or fitting it out -(some of the happiest days of my life) - she was pale green, an unusual colour for a boat as ...Read more

A memory of Maylandsea