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I spent a most wonderful Christmas at Hatfield Place in 1968. The family who then owned the huge home were welcoming and it was my first view of grand homes and the people who lived in them. I wrote a short story about my ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Peverel by Mary La Fosse

I lived in no. 3 The Driffold. I attended Town County Primary and then John Willmott Grammar School. I have the happiest memories of living there with Sutton Park just down the road. We used to play near the duck pond ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1965 by Christina Cleyndert

I attended this school for almost 6 years. and at the time it was the Old Building which was part of two buildings, the other part being The Annex on Kilwinning road.(now demolished). At first we walked the path between the schools over ...Read more

A memory of Irvine in 1971 by Ruth Clark

My mother was born in Stanwell Oaks Road in 1928 where the airport is now, her family were moved to Viola Avenue when Heathrow expanded where she shared many memories of the war and going to Staines Town Hall for ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell

This is a rare photo for me because I worked for about five years on the end stall on the left - third row in from the corner. I worked there on Friday mornings before going to the Grammar school, Friday evenings to pack ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1963 by Joe Mc Grath

It is so nice to discover an unspoiled pub that dates from centuries long ago. My wife Elizabeth and I frequently make long motorway trips from our home in Devon towards London and ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Sodbury in 2011 by John Howard Norfolk

In 1985 my family and I moved from South Africa and purchased the detached house at number 24 West street, called Bay House. This house was built by E.B.D. Hall M.R.C.V.S. He was the local veterinary surgeon but on his ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1985 by Roger Davis

We moved to Bushey in the early 1960s. My love of Top Rank came as I grew up with Waford being a big town. My dad worked on the new M1 Cox's corner, which now I understand is not there. Tthere were fields all around. We used to play in ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1960 by Kay Harris

I grew up in Huntingdon, I remember the old town back then, Okendens, almost across from the George Hotel, and Wyles the shoe shop. It was a nice town. I remember the jumble sales held in all the churches were exciting ...Read more

A memory of Huntingdon in 1963 by Patricia Mnych

My mother with her father, Alfred Stroud, mother Caroline, (my mother's name was Doris) with two sisters and four brothers came over by ship in 1902 from Stroud, England. Everyone was sick except my grandfather who ate pickled ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Harold Morris