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My mother in law stayed in this house with her mother,father and 3 brothers when it was a Croft..she stayed here from 1935-mid 40’s..she had to walk over 6 miles to school over the hills carrying her block of peat ...Read more

A memory of Backhill of Bush (Bothy)

Hi I am writing this in the hope that someone will be able to help me, I was doing some research for myself on Hullbridge when I came across a memory written by Mike Atkins he and Terry Groom were the last persons to run the ferry in ...Read more

A memory of Romford by vonnebourne

My mother’s cousin, Gordon Ross, was the head gardener at Howden Dene in the ‘30s and ‘40’s, when the property was owned by the Straker-Smith family. I was born in 1934. During WW2 when sea-side holidays were difficult, my mother ...Read more

A memory of Howden Dene by p.wolstenholme

In 1941 when I was 10 years old we lost our home in the Plymouth blitz. Having been to Crackington before the war on holiday and staying at Baypark Farm (Mr and Mrs Coombs) we arranged to go there again. Living as ...Read more

A memory of Crackington Haven by Margaret Jones

We lived at Moss Cottage, remember it had no electricity - only paraffin lamps. Have never been able to find out where this cottage was? At weekends we used to go to Dunoon, Rothesay, Millport, and Campbelltown on the Ferryies. My ...Read more

A memory of Skelmorlie in 1952 by Joseph Montgomery

My name is Sam Burrow I was born in Hartland in 1936 - the family moved to Clovelly in 1939 and lived in Home Lodge. My father, J A Burrow, was the estate foreman. My mother, Florrie, was the school cook throughout ...Read more

A memory of Clovelly in 1949 by Sam Burrow

To everyone who was connected in anyway with the 1st Ockendon's Scout Group and the Ockendon Scout and Guide Group, we are celebrating the Group's 50th Anniversary this year. We have an Anniversary Party, with ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1962 by Roger Clay

'The Stream' ! We always have called it 'the brook' - Broughton Brook, and still do. However, the brook is in fact a tributary to the River Soar, it may in fact actually be the River Soar but simply not ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

When I was a child, my family stayed in the house then called "Fresh Field" on the corner of August Lane and Ride Lane (we were in the UK on 6 months home leave from the Far East where I grew up). My ...Read more

A memory of Farley Green in 1967

I went to Wakefield where I called at the wimpy Cafe. I was the only customer. There were two young girls, one manning the till, the other was cleaning the tables and then wiping the table tops down. I had ordered a Wimpy burger and ...Read more

A memory of Sandal in 1970 by Roland Mitchell