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I'm trying to find where Yew House would have been in 1911, can anyone remember this house? It would have been big as it had 8 rooms .. possibly Croft Road. I'm researching my Turner relatives namely John Bilney Turner. Would love any response please .

A memory of Upwell in 1910 by Elayne Brown

I remember Mr Colwill & his son, I used to keep my horse on the land below the hotel owned by the local coal merchant. As I met more locals we used to have parties in the old ball room with Nigel ...Read more

A memory of Little Bookham in 1964 by Sarah Rashbrooke

I too remember going to Duke Street School which later became Gaythorn (named after the gasworks I think). My name then was Mulvanny. Mr Beasley used to make us stand on our seats until we got the answers ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1952 by Christine Grace

My mother and father moved into The Kings Head when I was four, just after my nan and grandad bought it. It's a lovely pub and they still own it to this day. It's one hundred percent haunted as there are too many stories for ...Read more

A memory of Tollesbury in 1993 by Ashleigh Gill

I very fond memories of my early school days as a child in the 1970s,the local first school,which i believe is still there,had only two teachers that i can remember,which was miss radcliff,and headmaster mr salsbury.We had wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Duncton by Giles Mceachern

Hi Tony, I remember the Fish Shop in Trethomas, really great chips. I remember your mum very well. Your father, when he came home on leave, used to help in the shop in his uniform. It was always a busy shop. I am sure that your ...Read more

A memory of Trethomas in 1940 by Vernon Byron Evans

Born in Chelmsford in 1946 I grew up in Gt. Yeldham but after a career in the Fleet Air Arm the flying side of the Royal Navy I settled in Somerset. The small town where I now reside though quite away from the coast ...Read more

A memory of Great Yeldham by John Waller

As a child I lived on Croft Road, Balby during the 1970's. My sisters and I attended Nightingale school while Mr Hillaby was Headmaster. We used to go on nature walks to the overgrown garden of the derelict old ...Read more

A memory of Warmsworth in 1975

In the Easter of 1959, I was six years old and that is when I moved into Church Croft, Church Street, Davenham. On the day that we moved, I recall my dad telling the driver of the removal van that he ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1959 by Lynn Quigley

It was a Trust House Hotel when I worked there in the bar for a few years up to 1964. By that time it was very much larger than the photograph shows. The manager was Mr. Trew. It never made any money due to the short season. When ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1962 by George Mitchell