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My memory spans several years relating to the church. My grandfather, Fred James, who lived in Carnon Downs, cared for the grounds and the older graves in the churchyard, mainly on a Saturday, and, during the ...Read more

A memory of Devoran by Philip James

Flamborough Close, 1945. With my parents (Reg and "Bunny"), who were married at the village church in 1939, I moved into 31, Hazelhurst Rd in 1945. My maternal grandparents, Fred and Elizabeth Hopkins lived at 19 Flamborough ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1945 by Michael Jackson Cox

Until the current concrete flood walls and steel piles that line the banks of the Fossdyke Canal were installed in the mid-1960s, this area of the village regularly flooded during the autumn and winter months. Lots ...Read more

A memory of Saxilby in 1965

My people were tinkers of the road. Power, Riley, Macarthur, O'Connor, Macallister and a few I have no knowledge of. Generations had mended tin, woven baskets, bunched broom and heather, one to sweep the floor the other ...Read more

A memory of Pitlochry in 1947 by Jess Smith

My Dad, Ray Hall, was born in Hutton. His dad John Hall was a tailor and his cousin May Hall ran the post office. I would come to the village as a child and often played with Basil, who lived with May. One winter I ...Read more

A memory of Hutton Rudby in 1952 by Peter Hall

Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely being ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1967

I lived at no. 11 Elmwood Cottages from 1950-58 with my parents, brother and sister and have fond memories of the village. We used to collect blackberries to sell to a man with a van who parked on the triangle which is just ...Read more

A memory of Oakley in 1955 by Pauline Heywood (Was Page)

During the war years Dockenfield Manor was a school which I attended as our home in London was destroyed by bombs. For some reason I seem to remember the school was transferred from the Isle of Wight for the duration of ...Read more

A memory of Dockenfield in 1943 by Brian Mc Haffie

My parents moved into a prefab in Foxglove Crescent when I was 2.  They were still assembling them and German prisoners of war were building the foundations.  Compared to my nan's house they had everything, including an electric ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1945 by Brian Dudley

I was a student (ahum...) at Whittlebury from 1963-1965. I remember the Jaffa brothers (one was a prefect). Also the maths teacher, "Sooty", whose green Mini was once found on the gym stage, with wheels removed, before morning assembly. I ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury by Nicholas Azor Smith