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My family moved to Blandford Forum in 1970 and we left in 1973, my dad was in the Royal Signals. I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers and the time we lived there really was the most fantastic time ever. I have vivid memories of ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1970 by Christine Unsworth

Mr Lodge who was blacksmith and farrier to the stable which his daughter Elaine owned would allow me to watch him work at the forge: one day whilst he was fashioning a horseshoe which was white hot, he had placed it ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1961 by Roland Mitchell

when I was about a year old I moved to the Hough from Englesea Brook, where my parents lived for a couple of years. I went to school at Shavington and was good friends with John Addison, Alan Giller (the latter living ...Read more

A memory of Hough by Mark Tyrrell

Were they happy years? I suppose they were, although we were very poor as kids we made the best of it, my memories were of the trams clattering up manchester road, which we used to take to go to the swimming ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1950 by Frank Broughton

I was in hospital most of my life but I remember I stayed here the longest, there was a matron who looked after us, tall with glasses, and there was a part you went in where you went to school . There was a teacher who came to our ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1973 by Denise Hardman

Back in the 1950's I can remember living in No 1 Bertrey Cottages, Single Street very near Berrys Green. I can remember the Berrys Green Post Office where we could buy sweets by spending as little as a farthing. A ...Read more

A memory of Berry's Maple in 1950 by Raymond Marks

Ryhill Reservoir was the place where my sister Mary took me in the summer months, mainly on Sundays, and at that time there was a small shop which sold ice cream and pop and also fishing nets attached to a bamboo cane; there were plenty of ...Read more

A memory of Ryhill in 1961 by Roland Mitchell

I am trying to find out about number 12 Canterbury Street, Gillingham, Kent. It was at the High Street end - a small alleyway led to a couple of small houses behind the shops. There was a toy shop called Bakers opposite St Marks ...Read more

A memory of Chatham in 1962 by Julie Tarrant

I went to Meonstoke School in 1976, soon after moving back to Hampshire from Cornwall. We lived for a while with my Gran Tricia Howe at Govers Cottage, who still lives there today! The School always smelt of Germolene!

A memory of Meonstoke in 1976 by Catherine Howe

I was born in 4 The Nursery in 1944. My gran Elizabeth Bayles, my mother Emma Bayles. I went to Millbank School at age 4yrs. I can remember my first teacher there Miss Watkins. My Mother worked at Lockeys buses as a bus conductor. ...Read more

A memory of West Auckland in 1953 by Christine Bayles