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In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more

A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by John S. Batts

My Great Uncle, Harry Mountford, left Nottingham in the early 1930's and came to New Barnet where he opened up a Chemist Shop at 16 Station Road, New Barnet and then another one at 6 Potters Road. He ran the Chemist shops until ...Read more

A memory of Barnet

My great grandmother, Cecelia Mary Gore, b. 1887 - the grand daughter of an earl, eloped with a gardener, Albert Reynolds, in the early 1910s. They married, had four children. Win, my grandmother was one of them, Albert a son ...Read more

A memory of Thakeham in 1910

I was baptised by the Rev. Brenn in 1945 and was sent to Sunday School from the age of about 4. I remember being scared to death by the head, the formidable Miss Hoof, who would give a loud blast on her ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by Dave Hamer

Brought up in Upwey, lived in Stottingway. Hated Upwey, couldn't wait to leave asap and never went back..only for short holidays with children. Never changed..still as dreary and cut off...not for me..

A memory of Upwey in 1954 by Bridget Mckendrick

Eastry has a Roman Road through it but was also important as a place where we imagine important people stopped on the drive between Dover and Sandwich, the Cinque Ports. The Bull Pub on the left behind the trees, had a cobbled ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1955 by Michael Mitchell

This is where I grew up moving in when I was seven years old. I remember falling in the beck shortly after moving in as it was just across the road from the school. The locals always said that you weren't a local unless you ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Monkton in 1955 by Keith Wood

My name was Beverley Anne Davies and I went to Port Regis for about 18 months in 1952. We lived in East Ham E6 and I had asthma. I remember the nuns were strict and at times cruel. I have a memory of one very ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1952 by Beverley Anne Green

My maiden name was Perl. I have so many happy memories of growing up in this area in the 50's. Moved to a bungalow in Hythe in 1954 one of the first to be built on the old golf course. Attended, for a short time, the primary ...Read more

A memory of Fawley by Christyne Remnant

On the left of this photo you can see the famous blue lamp! Which one could see outside the local Police Stations, and made even more famous by the film, The Blue Lamp and also the TV series, Dixon Of Dock Green. Now right ...Read more

A memory of Abingdon-on-Thames in 1959 by Glyndwr Hughes