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After my dad passed away in January this year (2012), I realised I knew very little about my family history. I started searching the records for dad's family - a difficult task looking for a Davies who was born in ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1942 by Tracey Davies

My name is Nan Martin, I was born in the Blocks at Fallin in 1943 and lived there until I was about six or seven years old before moving to King Street. The Blocks is a place that is locked in my memory and can never ...Read more

A memory of Fallin in 1954 by Agnes Kirkwood Martin

My mum and dad and my grandparents owned this pub from about 1960 thru to 1964. I was 2 yrs old and quite clearly remember the layout of the living accommodation - the fact that my bedroom was over the public bar (!), ...Read more

A memory of West End in 1960 by Debbie Darby

My parents, younger brother and I moved to Tidworth in 1938 when I was 3 and my brother 1 year old. I was born in Collingbourne Ducis and we spent a very short time in Ludgershall but, as I understand it, the new council houses ...Read more

A memory of Tidworth in 1940 by Paul Vivash

I was married here in 1969 and I remember it as a glorious sunny day. My grandparents lived in West Park, where I was born, but my parents moved shortly afterwards, so we spent holidays here then. Gran and Grandad were stalwarts of ...Read more

A memory of Tideford in 1969 by Wendy Mitchell

Yes, I remember this street so well as a young boy, I lived up Crossgate at the Angel Inn then Claypath at The Wheatsheaf. I was Christened at St Margarets half way up Crossgate and went to school at The Blue Coat, ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1940 by Rob Beilby

As a family we lived at two different addresses in Titley. My father was gamekeeper for General Greenley at Titley Court and we lived in a detached house behind the main house. There was a lake and a deer park further down from ...Read more

A memory of Titley

As a Watford football fan this was the most important league game I saw up to 1969. We were in the old Division 3 and towards the end of the season there were three clubs, Swindon, Luton and ...Read more

A memory of Swindon in 1969 by John Howard Norfolk

I remember arriving fresh from Singapore and having to visit the loo during the night. It was absolutely freezing and one of the windows in the bathroom was broken letting in a vicious cold blast of air! I staggered back to a lumpy bed ...Read more

A memory of Shute by Jan Gamm

My earliest memory of 'The Yard', as everyone called it, was 1953 when the Queen sailed up the Thames on her return from her Commonwealth Tour (I think) just after her Coronation. I remember waving my Union Jack. My grandad was there ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet in 1953 by Susan Mitchell