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I attended the old Primary School (3 small classes) from 1955 to 1961 when I passed my 11 Plus and went on to the Kingsbridge Grammar. I remember the Headmistress Mrs Cooper who made us recite our Times Table and Hiawatha until our ...Read more

A memory of Malborough in 1955 by Jill Adair

I have lived for 20 years in Chapel House at Bradford on Tone. From outside it looks like a 1930s rendered house but was actually the Congregationalist Chapel in the 19th century. It didn't last long as a Chapel and was sold ...Read more

A memory of Bradford-on-Tone

I was in the Irish Guards and in 1945 we came to Trawfynydd by train for field training. The camp consisting of 2 or 3 huts was situated at Trawsfnydd on the left just off the main road to Bleanau. During one ...Read more

A memory of Trawsfynydd in 1945 by Edwin Peplow

We moved to Burghfield Common when my father started work as an MOD policeman at Burghfield. We moved into Bannister Road when the estate was still being built and I remember my mother saying that one day she opened the back door to ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common in 1956 by Nancy Mc Giveron

I was born at home, like most babies those days, in Sept 1945 at 8 Hummer Road next door to Mr Heather's wood sawing yard with all the rats that it contained in the stored wood. My grandfather/mother lived in Park Road and he ...Read more

A memory of Egham by Victor Stroud

Knowing where to start with the many memories that I have of Groes Village is difficult. For many years my brother and I were dispatched, from our home in Hertfordshire, for the entire school summer holiday to stay with ...Read more

A memory of Margam by Gwynneth Stanbrook

My family lived in Stanner House, a lovely old house in Clara Vale from 1952 until 1964 - my parents moved there shortly after they got married in 1951. I was born in 1958 and can remember the house as if it was yesterday. In the 1800's it ...Read more

A memory of Ryton in 1958 by Helen Mc Guinness

In 1960 this was the main building of Salisbury College of Art. The college specialised in photography, fine arts and, when I joined, was one of the first provincial art colleges to award a recognised graphic design ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury in 1964 by Eric Hart

I see that no person has placed a memory of this crash. I lived at Mountfield and this Lancaster circled the area and 4 crew bailed out each time it came round and went to what was Mr Bailey's snack bar just below Johns ...Read more

A memory of Hurst Green in 1944 by John Brown

I remember the loyalty to family and friends who worked at the pit. My grandfathers (Frickley) did, my father was a fitter and turner there at South Kirkby colliery. I miss the place. I remember digging a hole with my ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1969 by Leslie Baddeley