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In this old and wonderful church I was baptised, went to Sunday school and was confirmed, and every time I enter it I am in awe and feel my ancesters all around me.  Being born and brought up in Trelights, my mother was a ...Read more

A memory of St Endellion in 1940 by Jan Cowling

I was born in Ruislip Gardens in 1939, we were moved to Pinner in 1940 due to the war and living next to Northolt Aerodrome. I lived in the area for 20 years before emigrating to Adelaide, South Australia in 1967. On a visit to UK in 1995 I ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1940 by Gordon Tomlinson

I was born in 1946 and lived in Manor Avenue. Cricket with dustbin lids propped up with a house brick in the "backins" were our stumps and we played from dawn to dusk during the summer holidays...except during Wimbledon ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by swamidhyan

For those who never saw (or may have forgotten), the photo shows the view you had after coming in through the main entrance. The large fountain can be seen in the foreground, and was enjoyed by many children as they ran around ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1947 by David Copnall

My mom would talk about Mountain Ash, she was born in Quakers Yard in 1929, my nan, she was born in Llanrug in 1904, name was Griffiths, later she became Mrs Jackson and lived at 3 Field St. I am so sorry that I can't find any of my ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash by June Wood

In 1940 my dad James Smith and his brother William was evacuated in Great Dunham on Hill Farm with Mr and Mrs Everington and they wanted to adopt my dad and brother but my nan said no. My family were from Hackney in London. In 1941 my ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunham in 1940 by First Name Last Name

This is approximately the year when researching my family history that I became aware that there is a plaque in the church for my grandfather, George Reginald Mundy of the Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 23/7/1916 ...Read more

A memory of Great Durnford in 1975 by Kath Jones

My father was born at number 2 in 1911. My grandfather was a dairyman and would probably have worked at Parsonage Farm or Heron Hill Farm. All this is on my father's birth certificate. I imagine the place was on the right ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1910 by Alan Squire

I lived in Dartford from 1955 (born in West Hill Hospital) til 1977 when I moved to Wales. My dad was manager of the"Bacca Pouch" next to the old Post Office , and opposite the back entrance to the Co-op. He then had the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1955 by David Hillman

My mother's side come from Youlgrave, they were called Marsden. John Marsden, born 1791, was my great great great grandfather.

A memory of Youlgreave by Peter Kelly