Search Results

I started Twyford, Church of England School in 1965 (until 1971) and this photo is exactly as I remember it was.

A memory of Twyford in 1965 by Alan White

I have been tracing the Dodsworth family tree and a lot of my research has brought me to the village of Thornton Watlass. The Dodsworths did and still own the hall so I'm hoping there may be some history to be found. If ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Watlass by Stacey Henzell

My grandfather James Head and his wife Mary were the first owners of Arreton and my father told me he used to play in the meadows at the rear of the house. He told me there was a river there where he caught roach, perch and ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1920 by Patrick Head

My grandparents were teachers at the school from 1895-1909. John Frederick Wiilkinson and his wife Lydie Wilkinson, who was French. He taught Maths and she taught French and German. I am told all records of the school were ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1890 by Carolyn Dee

On the right side of the road up from Passfield Avenue past the turnoff to Stoneham and the one hand clock where the smithy used to be on the corner then on to the Cricketers Arms on the right halfway up the hill. I have long ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1978 by John Scott

The house referred to as 'The Haunted House' was occupied when I lived in Abridge from 1950 to 1961 (see the memory below). It belonged to the Bayles' family and had a beautiful, but rather wild garden at the back. At the age of 16 ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1957 by Helena Rogers

The house on the right of this photo was my home - Bronte Cottage. I have been told that it was once used as the coach house for the school and certainly I remember stone flagged floors to the largest room on the ground floor. ...Read more

A memory of Cowan Bridge by Sue Dickson

I lived at High Barmston Farm down the Waterside and had a fantastic childhood there before moving to Alnwick when I was 11. In the 1950s there were loads of houses down the Waterside and Coxgreen. Sadly not much remains ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1951 by Jean Potts Atkinson

Hi, I was born in my nan and grandad's house in Mill Road, Aveley, it was a big house about half way down Mill Road on the right, heading towards the football grounds from the village. I was christened at the village church. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1958 by Bernard Brown

I moved to the old side of Kemble last year, and the thing I love about the place, is that nothing is really a memory(ie: being in the past). The village seems to have remained unchanged, bar a couple of newer ...Read more

A memory of Kemble in 2009 by Kemble Kris