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I was at hornsea coverlesant home in 19 56 or 7 the people who look after us were nasty use to grab me by the hair and pull me around. the room because. I wet the bed I was a frightened little girl miles from home and I'll never stopped the ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea

So happy I have just found this site. The photographs brought back so many happy memories of my childhood. We lived in the prefabs in Larkspur Road, number 24. I was 2 years old in 1946 when we moved there, and we ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by toravenbird

My sister and I were talking about the awful memories of this place which in my own case would have been early 1960s. Hellish! , physical and emotional abuse. Eat the food to the point of vomiting. Nothing ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by janecampbell307

My great grandmother's cousin who was born Eleanor Wraight married Thomas Kidder Hawkins, and around the year 1876 their first son was born in Sutton by Dover. Then Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Sutton by Gemma Gemma

I have fond memories of Sturry in the late '50s & early '60s when every week my Mum & I used to walk from Reed Avenue along the Sturry Road to the village, where my Granny lived in her little flat in Franklin House in the ...Read more

A memory of Sturry in 1960 by Angela Nee Nash

My Parents worked for Mr Bertie Allam who farmed at Downgate Farm and we moved into Nine Acres when they were new in 1953. I had a Saturday job at Bowyers when the Stables were owned by the Gammon Family cleaning the Tack and mucking ...Read more

A memory of Steep Marsh in 1953 by Derek Port

My husband was enlisted in the US Air Force and was stationed at Lakenheath RAFB from 1975 - 1978. One of the requirements for permission to bring his family over to England was proof of a place to live. My husband rented #3 ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1976 by Roberta Lefler

My father bought our chalet, last one on the left on the road out. My brother and I, 12 and 10 at the time, spent most of our school holidays there, often alone. When I think of the primus stove, pump water and no toilet, I am horrified ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon in 1946 by Edwina Falcini

Hello. I came across this site yesterday quite by accident and was really taken away by all the memories. Here are mine - I was surprised by the names and everything else that came back to me. Forgive me if I don't spell all ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1948 by Colin Newberry

I attended Elmwood from 1969 - 1971 I moved from south London to Wallington in 69 and can remember walking through the park from Wallington to Hackbridge some of the names have come back to be after looking at some of the posts on ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1969 by Tom Ellinor