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I lived in Mollington from 1948 until 1962. We lived in one of two cottages, set back off the main street, and at the bottom of our gardens was the road, then the row. I remember the Avahes and Harry Robinson. At the ...Read more

A memory of Mollington by Diane Woods

Throughout my childhood, my parents would take my brother and I on holiday to stay at The Old Parsonage in East Dean, and we visited so often that it became a second home to us. It was owned at that time, by an elderly and ...Read more

A memory of East Dean in 1950 by Michael Gould

Although I was born at 96 Manchester Road, I too remember Beaconsfield Street very well as my aunt and uncle lived there. Doe's anyone remember The Brownbills? I went to the Church School in the next street, before moving on to the ...Read more

A memory of Prescot in 1930 by Richard Ball

I was 4 when my mother remarried, and my step-father's father was RWE Squirrell. He lived in Russell House, just around the corner from the Manningtree Maltings, working for Brooks at the time I think. It ...Read more

A memory of Mistley in 1976 by Lisa Lyons

I was born in Brighton Sussex. After travelling from station to station, as my father was in the RAF (I'll miss out that part of the story), My mother Eileen,sister Shirley & I moved to Fareham after the 2nd WW, I was 9 yrs ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by Alan Kitchin

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old open ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton

My father Robert Williams, owned and ran a hardware shop in St Mildreds Road from 1963 until his death in 1977. His three sons, of which I am the middle, used to help in the shop when we ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1963 by Gerry Williams

I remember moving to High Wycombe with my Mam and Dad from Wales, I would have been about seven years old. We were coming to stay with my father's uncle and his daughter. Always remember seeing a bottle of ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1953 by Roy Bolderson

I am not sure of the date, but I remember very well being friends with Sheba who lived in this old house with her family, and being taken round to play a couple of times. We were in the same class at Leverington School. ...Read more

A memory of Leverington in 1969 by Lorraine Lane

My grandparents, Patrick and Mary Lagan, lived in Sunnyside Drive, Rasharkin. I well remember a holiday there when I was 7yrs old (the last time I saw them). I was born in England, my mum having moved over in the ...Read more

A memory of Rasharkin in 1958 by Patricia Tilley