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My grandmother Emily Barber was born at Henbury in Cheshire in 1865.daughter of William & Hannah Barber.

A memory of Henbury in 1860 by Judith Riley

Where the advertising boards are, there was a barber shop run by a lovely man called Alf Bernadi. I would take my little brother to have his hair cut & sit and read him the Beano comics while we were waiting. I'm almost sure the ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1959 by Julia Clarke

My mother and her mother were born in my great-grandparents' cottage at Hanworth Common. Richard and Blanche Craske they were. Well dear old Richard was really my step great grandad. The true one was Charles ...Read more

A memory of Aldborough in 1944 by Richard Whitten

I am not quite sure of the date I moved to Tondu Primary School from Laleston Juniors near Bridgend after moving to Sarn, however, I think it was around 1955. The headmaster was a Mr Richards who I understand was renowned for ...Read more

A memory of Tondu in 1955 by Edward Davies

Just before the 1960’s transformed our innocent lives, all us village boys had a limited choice of tonsorial art; indeed you could count the number of available haircuts (styles wasn’t a word used for men or boys) on ...Read more

A memory of Sherington in 1960

Starting from Tesco Express: This used to be a block of about 2 or 3 shops which included a building society and a travel agent. Next to this was Barclays Bank which closed down in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It remained ...Read more

A memory of Cranford

My father got a job in the mill in about 1950 and we moved into Mill House which is actually a part of the mill itself, on the right as you stand facing the building. I don't know what Bordon is like now, but in my day it had its ...Read more

A memory of Bordon in 1950 by Colin Noble

I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy County ...Read more

A memory of Sandy by Sue Horne

I don't know if this picture relates to my family or not! I am a descendant of the Whitlow family of Thewall, in the mid 1700's onwards. There is a large ground stone in St Marys churchyard in Rostherne, about the first row ...Read more

A memory of Padgate by Donna Stewart Nee Whitlow

In the mid and late forties I attended Kingsmuir Boarding School in what is known today as Alderford Grange. It was owned and mastered by Ms Francis. We were told that the building had once been the Inn attached to ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham in 1945 by Paul Erland