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I was born in 1932. My father was William (Bill) Cowley, and my grandfather  had a coal merchants business, 'Cowley & Sons'. The photograph of Barnet High Street c1955 brought back many happy ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1940 by Margaret Mosley

My father, Edmund Harris Biggs, visited Luton in 1918 when he was in England during World War I. He visited what was supposed to be the Biggs family home. It was a large house with a circular driveway and possibly a covered portico. He met ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1910 by Neville Biggs

As a child my annual family holiday was spent in Shaldon, first staying at The Teign Crest as a baby and small child, later at The Clipper. Two weeks of blissful freedom - shoeless and carefree. Not many cars in the village in the ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon in 1965 by Pip Parkinson

I was born in Arlesey in 1940 in the large house next to St Peter's church, it was a lovely old place. My mother took my brother Ted and sister Marion to Arlesey when things started to get bad in ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1940 by Michael Smith

My mother Pamela Gaskins has often spoken of her days working at the sterling cinema. She was cashier there and has told me she could get a full house in within half-hour, the cheapest being 9 old pennies, the most expensive 3 ...Read more

A memory of Kidlington in 1945 by Christopher Norridge

My gran came from Leasingthorne, moving to Cambridge in the late 1920s. She had a sister named Mary who lived in an end of terrace house near a corrugated tin 'social club', chickens were kept opposite. l can remember an Uncle ...Read more

A memory of Leasingthorne in 1960 by Nick Richardson

I was born at Kettering General Hospital in 1942. My father was the village policeman in Wilbarston since 1939 and we lived there until I was five years old in 1947 when my father was posted to the other end of the county. ...Read more

A memory of Wilbarston in 1942 by Derek Smith

Hi Vic, thanks for your comments. Were you in Bodium the blue house? And what dormitory were you in? Were you under Miss Mcrae or Miss Geddis? Re David and Bill Dundridge, I also knew them at Wanstead House, Cliftonville ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Michael Lambert

I too remember the Clifton Cinema and the temp. cinema, also the Salvation Army. There was 'Thornley' who sold veggies from his horse and cart, also 'Kitson' who sold bread from his horse drawn van with his brother, 'Wacaden' ...Read more

A memory of Lye in 1954 by Keith Shaw

I have just read about a memory relating to Emery Down Church and it has made me think about my childhood again. My grandparents lived in Northerwood Avenue, Swan Green in Lyndhurst and we regulary stayed there as children. ...Read more

A memory of Emery Down in 1978 by Wendy King