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When I moved to Tideford the Rod & Line was run by Fred Barnes. The pub was owned by Plymouth Breweries, a company that was later bought out by Courage. Most of their beer arrived in wooden casks and Fred had to hammer a ...Read more

A memory of Tideford in 1961 by Nick Serpell

I lived at No 3 Llanfaes Estate from being 6 weeks of age. Our home was one of thirty prefabs built after WW2 for workers at the Saunders Roe factory that was built during the war to service and modify flying boats. As a child I remember ...Read more

A memory of Llanfaes by David Mills

I visited St Peter's in August 1976 as part of a search for traces of my ancestors, the De Vauxs of Adlington, French Hugenots who first settled from France, in 1630. They became Yeomen farmers on the Leghs Adlington estate and ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury in 1976 by James Logan Bell

My parents owned and ran The Ship Inn from 1960 to 1975. My father a retired soldier and wartime paratrooper had taken early retirement to buy the business, then called The Barne Arms Hotel after the estate. The new Inn sign was ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1970 by James Ritchie

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of ...Read more

A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

My memory is a life time!  I first came to Croft Farm, just above Lumbutts when I was 18 months old.  My dear, dear Aunty Kath and Uncle Geoff lived there then.  She was my mother's, sister's, sister-in law - so absolutely no blood ...Read more

A memory of Lumbutts in 1965 by Catherine Cowperthwaite

It was either 1939 or 1940 when we moved into Holly Cottage, I was two years old, there was a  thatched roof and it had been two houses semi det, very primitive, dirt flooring, with a huge stone and I really mean big - ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by Brenda Burton

I was Shepton Mallet Carnival Queen and it was very good to do the job.  My Granny and Grampy lived in Shepton Mallet and my dad and uncle were born in Shepton Mallet as well my mum who would've been the Shepton Mallet ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet in 1996 by Louise Manship

I was so excited when I discovered this site I just had to join! I lived in Melfort Road from 1942 'til 1956 and went to Winterbourne and the Manor. The story about the Rex echoed mine. My wife worked in the office block for CITB in ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1962 by Bert Barnes

In 1953 my family moved from Edinburgh to live in Broomieknowe, Lasswade. I liked the large garden we had on this quiet street with pigeons cooing in the big Chestnut trees in the neighbours garden, and a big barn owl ...Read more

A memory of Lasswade in 1953 by John Wilson