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My Grand parents lived in Hunsett Mill House around 1920-1930, Grandad, whilst I never knew him  they had the house as a tied cottage as part of his job on the farm.  He had to keep the dykes clear, and that was as least part of the ...Read more

A memory of Broads, The by Eileen Austin

My wife and I spent two months living in Melrose the summer of 2001. It was our home base as we travelled throughout the borders and the rest of Scotland. We chose Melrose for it's charm and convenience and rented Bow ...Read more

A memory of Melrose in 2001 by Al Short

I spent many happy holidays in much dewchurch in the 1950's. we stayed with my great aunt, Winifried Bishop who ran not only The Black Swan pub but also Poole House as a guest house. My great grandparents Bill ...Read more

A memory of Much Dewchurch in 1957 by Geraldine Morsbach

my dad was born in amport his mother was eliza izzard and married his dad albert john smith , i believe she was from lower bullington andover and her mother from west stratton winchester, i have a few family letters that iv looked up, my ...Read more

A memory of Amport by Roger Walker

My parents, Fred and Marjorie Reeks bought the shop and Post Office from Mrs Britton in 1947 and they owned the business till about 1985. In the mid sixties Fred got about 100,000 daffodil bulbs from a market garden in Darlington ...Read more

A memory of Eppleby by Alison Glass

I have very fond memories of holidays spent with my Aunt Susan Parkinson and my cousins Jane and David Boggia and their daughters Mel and Bev. I helped out in the store one holiday and had my first romance with a lad from the ...Read more

A memory of East Harling in 1965 by Dorothy Ormston

I remember Bill Brown from the days when he ran the local cinema in the Norton Arms ballroom and later at the cinema he built just off the carpark. He also captured many scenes in Knighton with his cameras. I don't know if he is still ...Read more

A memory of Knighton by Laurence Wallace

The earliest photo of me on Bucks Mills beach is in a pushchair from about 1951 -52! We were visiting for the day from my grandparents home in Bradworthy. In 1959 my grandparents, John and Gladys Dunn moved to Trundle Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1960 by Jonathan Asprey

This is the weir on the River Irwell where it swings round and is bridged by the road up to Peel Brow. The mills on the right are on Kenyon Street. There were cotton weaving mills, towel mills and soap works. The Church spire is St. ...Read more

A memory of Ramsbottom in 1955 by John Tomlinson

This picture looks as if it is looking down the street with the church on the right hand side. The Post Office in 1940 was opposite the entrance to the churchyard. Every Saturday morning I would run to the Post Office through the ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1941 by James Kemble