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My maternal grandparents lived at Old Rectory, School Hill, Alderbury (now called Court House). They were Charles and Elizabeth Sheppard and grandad worked at Longford as, I believe, a woodsman or carpenter? I still have 3 cousins ...Read more

A memory of Alderbury in 1940 by Pamela Chaldecott

We were born and grew up in Riddlesdown which, thanks to the Green Belt, has not changed much since my parents bought a house in Derwent Drive in 1939. Went to Roke which was pretty rubbish and then to Riddlesdown ...Read more

A memory of Riddlesdown in 1962 by John Haggis

I and my two brothers grew up in Brook during the late 1940's, the 50's & 60's; our house was more or less behind the telegraph pole to the right of the picture. Mr Pembury ran the Post Office and Stores (thats his van ...Read more

A memory of Brook in 1956 by Alan Smith

We have recently bought the old post office in Burnopfield and are looking for any information/pictures linked to the house. We know it was roughly built in 1840's but no information of who lived here. A picture is in the ...Read more

A memory of Tantobie in 1860

Oh how this takes me back almost 60 years! I came to live in Pateley Bridge in September 1954, as a seven year old, my father had taken up the post of village policeman, PC 906 Goulding, and together with my ...Read more

A memory of Pateley Bridge by Robert Goulding

We lived on Chatsworth Road and used to walk to the Bridgewater, or on to the Mersey by the Bridge pub for a swim and to fish! Not that we ever caught anything in the Mersey. We used to also go to the Ship canel by the ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1958 by P Hilip Morris

I write from Queensland, Australia in the hope that someone may read this and be able to provide further leads or information. My husband Bill has an original birth certificate dated 18th May 1948 - mother Elizabeth Theresa ...Read more

A memory of Caterham in 1948 by Denise Allan

I moved to Ham in 1959 from Kew and left in 1984 after coming back from a short spell of living abroad with work. I went to St. Andrew's school (now St. Matthias' church) then, St Richards with St Andrews on Ashburnham Rd. We lived in ...Read more

A memory of Ham in 1965 by Ray Gillon

My father was transferred to Handley Page, Radlett from London in 1955. We moved to Bricket Wood where I lived until I got married in 1970. Remember playing on the swings and roundabout on the green, which was opposite ...Read more

A memory of Bricket Wood by Denise Large

Does anyone have memories of Marlands in the early 1960's? It was owned by the 'Simpsons' and operated as a boarding school. Like me, most (if not all) of the children, were in the care of local authorities, coming to Marlands from ...Read more

A memory of High Halden in 1963 by Dilly Braimoh