Search Results

I can remember walking up this lane to my older sister's house on many a freezing cold winter morning at 6 o'clock in the morning as myself and 2 other sisters had to ge the bus to school, but dear Mom had to be in work for ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down in 1955 by Viviane Holding

Memories for Wrottesley Park...The glorious days of our lives I was born in 1953, my parents came over after the Second World War. There was a little community of foreigners. Our family's name was ...Read more

A memory of Wrottesley Park by Bohdan (Bob) Cozubovski

My family lived in Stanner House, a lovely old house in Clara Vale from 1952 until 1964 - my parents moved there shortly after they got married in 1951. I was born in 1958 and can remember the house as if it was yesterday. In the 1800's it ...Read more

A memory of Ryton in 1963 by Helen Mc Guinness

I spent a year living in the Abbey House from Sept 1967 to July 1968 with my dad, mum, and younger sister. My grandfather, Hugh Leir, owned the house and lived in the older/original part of it for that year too. I was 11 years ...Read more

A memory of Ditcheat in 1967 by Brian Salter

I was born 1949 and lived at Townfoot Farm till 1957. I knew of the Tinniswoods, I am not sure which generation. My dad was a friend of Loise Judson and I remember the son John. I had a friend in Andrew Kidd and were good friends of the ...Read more

A memory of Lazenby in 1957 by John Harold Siddall

We had a caravan in Kingsford Lane, Kinver from 1960 to about 1963, my dad bought it from someone in Wollaston and we used to stay there all the school holidays and weekends and my dad would go to work from there to Fry's ...Read more

A memory of Kinver in 1960 by Alan Hinton

Back in early 1977 I worked at Brantridge House, Balcombe of which I have very fond memories. Perhaps someone knows how I can make contact with either Gladys from Corwall, or her daughter, who would now ...Read more

A memory of Balcombe in 1977 by Eugene Weldon

My memories of Chickenley was learning how mutch we depended on each other, neighbours were important, we all used to go to the tip (football/recreation ground) to play our games. I now live in Mirfield, I am retired, and looking ...Read more

A memory of Chickenley in 1958 by Kevin Mcaulay

I was born during the Second World War in 1942, the 8th child to my parents at Goose Bridge, Matching Green. My parents were Scottish and people thought they were foreign. My dad worked for Mr Gemmill's farm and ...Read more

A memory of Matching Green by Mary Burton

In 1977, my late husband, Ron. and I moved from Melbourne, Australia into 28 Stoke Lyne at the end of the village. It was very dilapidated, consisting originally 2 workman's cottages. They had been converted to one ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Lyne in 1977 by Pat Shelton Astley