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Hi I went to St Cuthbert's from 1964 to 1969 my time there was ok but i was not one of the best student, i was in trouble a lot for fighting. I was known then as Billy Carr or Jeckal at that time i went straight into the army ...Read more

A memory of Cleator Moor by William Carr

I used to love playing on this park when I was a kid in the 70s because of the coppers hat and caterpillar seesaw don't see rides like that anymore but we had so much fun

A memory of Strelley by Susan Lee

I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more

A memory of Linslade by ducatee

I do remember that the signpost on the main road pointing towards Bratton had it as 'Bratton Seamore". My first home was Bratton Hill Cottage, since demolished and the land developed. My Father worked for ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Seymour by Steven Brunt

I was born in 1943 in Mancot and lived in Shotton. After the eleven plus I arrived at Hawarden Grammar school. The first two years were easy enough but in Form3, I noticed all the boys studied Science and all the girls had to take Arts ...Read more

A memory of Hawarden by Beverley Roberts Now Bodenstein

First real memories of Leighton Buzzard was being ‘put down’ for my afternoon nap as a child of about 5, and listening to the Church bells just the over the road. Another memory must be an early one as I remember the Stock market ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard by Amanda Pike

Christmas as a young child at home in Welling during the Fifties was the happiest time of the year. When looking back to that magical winter wonderland where it was often snowing on Christmas Day, I can still recall ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Does anyone remember The Tramp. It's quite likely that he wasn't a tramp at all but that's what we called him, although we never spoke to him nor did he ever speak to us. He became an almost daily fixture adding to the intrigue of ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

I moved to Stanwell with my parents in 1959 aged 4. When I was 11 I learnt to ride at Stanwell's pony club run by a lady called Geraldine Richardson who used to keep her ponies at the stables at the ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell in 1970

When I was about ten (1967), we went on holiday from London to the Isle of Wight with my mum and dad and brother. We stayed at Brambles Holiday Camp, which I think was in Freshwater Bay? It was one of those old fashioned ...Read more

A memory of Freshwater Bay by John Reber