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Firstly, does anyone have any photos of a thatched cottage that stood up on the back, opposite Ospringe church, as this is where I lived with my parents for a while. My surname was Hogben and I can remember my mother and my sister taking ...Read more

A memory of Ospringe in 1956 by Tony Hogben

Back then I was Shannon Dutton and I grew up running and playing around the old castle and the Kildalton Hotel. The years I lived there are the best still in my life. I to this day still call Islay home ...Read more

A memory of Kildalton Ho in 1975 by Shannon White

We moved to Hythe in the mid fifties and our family of seven attended various schools in the area. I started work at Tony Dews Autos in Langley about 1965 and then went on to work at Jack Smith's Esso garage on Blackfield crossroads, ...Read more

A memory of Fawley in 1966 by Graham Dunbar

I was reminiscing today and started thinking about the year 1954, when I was sent to live with an Auntie on Hatters Lane in Chipping Sodbury. My most vivid memories are of attending ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Sodbury in 1954 by Ruth Carnes

The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Arthur Cottrell

I went to a brand new primary school called Park Farm, so then going to Elmwwod was like going back in time. I just caught the end of Stacey walking around like something out of Harry Potter. My brother had told me about the ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1967 by Martin Wiseman

I grew up in Welling from 1942 until I left to join the RAF in 1962. I remember Danson Park and the pool with its fountain. I also loved the lake and the boats. I remember too, riding on the miniature train up along the side of the lake ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1953 by Barry Willis

Years ago I remember going to Towyn as a child with my parents. We had a caravan on one of the sites - not sure which one as both have passed on now, so until I can contact my cousins it remains a mystery to me - but going through old ...Read more

A memory of Towyn in 1965 by Clive Powney

My family moved to Assandune Villas in Ashingdon in 1955, I was four years old and lived there until I was eighteen. From the back of our house was nothing but fields, (sadly now a huge housing estate). I remember seeing horses plowing ...Read more

A memory of Rochford by Don Pepper

I lived just outside Hexthorpe Flats, next to the shop called the Dell Chocolate Box. I remember that sometimes on a Sunday they had a talent show in the Dell. All those who had entered were taken into the bandstand to wait ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1948 by Eileen Bowater (Nee Jaques)