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I lived at Winchelsea Beach and attended Winchelsea school which was behind the Church.This was from 1925 to 1930 when my family moved to Eastbourne as a result of the 1928 disaster when the sea breached the shingle and flooded the ...Read more

A memory of Winchelsea

I was born and bred in Chatham until moving away in September 1966,following my late Father's posting to to a MoD London job. My siblings were all born and bred in Chatham, with nearly all of us growing up there until we left. ...Read more

A memory of Chatham by rbrattle

WORKED IN WHITE SUGAR MILL 1958/9 FOLLOWED BY 1959 Q.BELTON GARAGE YORK ROAD GARAGE UNTIL 1968 THIS TOOK ME TO T.V.PICKERING TRANSPORT HGV FITTER UNTIL 1974 . LIVED IN 124 WANSFORD ROAD NEXT TO SMALL FARM ...Read more

A memory of Driffield by der1942

My father worked at Sonning Mill before transferring to Sindlesham Mill, his name was Fred Hopkins, he was a rollerman, we lived in a row of small cottages with a yard behind the cottages and a very long narrow garden . my mother cooked on a ...Read more

A memory of Sonning

Hello everyone-- i am hoping someone out there can help me trace a very dear friend from Grangetown -- let me add my memory -- i live in South Wales but in the early 1960 i lived with my aunt in Eston but i became very ...Read more

A memory of Grangetown by eugenebowen977

My name is Bill Maundrill, brother of Brian, I was born in 1941 in the Firs Cottage and went to Farrington School. Tony Brimble lived next door and his father kept pigeons, Phillip Payne and John, Ducky Rogers, ...Read more

A memory of Farrington Gurney by william.maundrill

I remember having coal delivered at my Mothers house , we lived in Mill Close, and had a shed just for coal .I remember them coming to deliver the coal and it would be a lot of noise as they filled it up.This would be around 1959 to 1966.Do not remember the name of the company.Lucy Brauer

A memory of Crosby by lucybrauer

My Grandad Ken Williams lived in Grove Road, he was a Tube train driver and his best friend was Jack Minty. When I was very small he was married to my Grandma Dorothy Williams who worked at the baths and taught a ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by humbuckergraphics

I started school here in 1953 travelling from Argoed everyday. Here I met my future husband, Tony Boulter, his sister Marjorie, her husband Derek Mills and brother Clive. Unfortunately my husband died in 2000. ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith by w.boulter

I used to keep my ponies in a field opposite the Mill which was still working in a small way. I remember the dreadful flooding of 1968. We had to walk down Mill Lane to get to check the ponies. It was waist deep in water and when we got to the ...Read more

A memory of Sindlesham