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Was an accountancy student from 1969-1971. As a foreign student so far away from home (Singapore), i was able to settle down very quickly as everyone I met was so friendly. After I completed my accountancy studies, I tried to find a job ...Read more

A memory of Wednesbury by Ham Lee

I am 86 but still remember the time at Farley Croft during WWII. My siblings and I were evacuated to Westerham in 1939. Around 1942/46 my sisters Rose, Sylvia and I were taken from the billet we were in and put in Farley Croft which ...Read more

A memory of Westerham by rbbrett2004

My husband and I were visiting the UK in 2019 and checking out areas ancestors had lived in. One of these was Corfe Castle, specifically Ower Farm. When we arrived in Corfe we noticed the visitor center, went in and I asked if there ...Read more

A memory of Corfe Castle by Sara Renee Soule Chapman

When my father got a job in Bristol after the war we moved to Bristol from Leeds but there was very little housing available. After a year of living with a family ‘in digs’ as it was called then, we were allocated a ...Read more

A memory of Shirehampton by Jill Brown

I was born in Tredegar, South Wales in April 1941. My mother had been evacuated to that small welsh town when she fell pregnant with me in 1940. We lived with her parents. My dad was away doing War things. We moved back to London ...Read more

A memory of Harlesden by John Howley

I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more

A memory of Linslade by ducatee

I do remember that the signpost on the main road pointing towards Bratton had it as 'Bratton Seamore". My first home was Bratton Hill Cottage, since demolished and the land developed. My Father worked for ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Seymour by Steven Brunt

First real memories of Leighton Buzzard was being ‘put down’ for my afternoon nap as a child of about 5, and listening to the Church bells just the over the road. Another memory must be an early one as I remember the Stock market ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard by Amanda Pike

I remember when I was a young lad, playing down Johnnas Bank, we used to play Duffers "Dares", like jumping the widest part of the burn, seeing how many friends would fit on a swing and swing across the burn, sometimes the rope snapped. And ...Read more

A memory of Throckley by Basil Dixon

The Barley Mow, we went up there for my sister's hen night, and ended up at the caravan park down Green Lane. I have just visited it, well last year actually, and didn't realize it was such a lovely park, I ...Read more

A memory of West Horsley in 1970 by Loraine Roles