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My name is Owen Cox,and i lived in Dovecote estate from 1966-1970 approx. A man i shall always remember fondly is Mr Cavanagh who ran the school with his wife Joan. A wonderful man,teacher,and human being. When ...Read more

A memory of Rippingale by owen7591

I must say that my memories of Rope Hill while CGC Arch was Headmaster are not particularly happy ones. I remember him as a sadistic, flatulent fellow who was fond of the cane. Perhaps I was too much of a troublemaker. Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Boldre by stephenbrooks2124

Another mistake. I have written this with the correct photo elsewhere PLEASE DELETE THIS VERSION My father saw this clock being installed when he was young. It was an electric mechanism but many decades later somebody ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

Born under a table in the front room of No.7 Hall Road on 16/7/1944 while an air raid warning sounded to herald the German V1s presence above. I attended Aveley Infants and Primary schools between 1949 and 1955 ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by ted.hunwick

As a five year old, and for the next six years, I walked up Blackwell Hollow to go to Chequer Mead school. Sometimes, I was accompanied, but quite often, I went on my own. I lived near Queen Victoria Hospital, so it was ...Read more

A memory of East Grinstead by banchini1945

I attended the school between 1955 and 1959. Memories of the Headmaster Mr Nutting and teachers Mr Mooney, Mrs Fox, Miss Woodward and my class teacher of three years Mr. Freeman. Was, to my great surprise, picked to play ...Read more

A memory of Seven Kings by davidjbaker880

We bought an old cottage, a semi-detached one, in Hildersham, then named Bermuda Cottage. We were not aware of the origins of the name, but the owner, an elderly lady owned a bald parrot, probably bald due to boredom as parrots are very ...Read more

A memory of Hildersham by Alan Hickman

Help, My Grandfather and Grandmother, Arthur and Margaret Hancock worked in Lumley Castle, as a coach driver and seamstress. We think this was sometime between 1895 and 1910. We need help to confirm this, as we are at a ...Read more

A memory of Lumley Castle by alanchristinejaz

Hi. I lived in Oakley as a small boy - pre school age. My dad, Bob Johnstone, was a cowman and we lived in School Lane. We were a big Scottish family with 7 children. We moved around a lot due to his work ...Read more

A memory of Oakley by Brian Johnstone

Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by dannytaylor1954