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I remember we used to walk from my grandma's house in Nottingham Road opposite the Fire Station down through the park, cut through to Burton Street and about halfway up Burton Hill. I was never quite sure why we went ...Read more

A memory of Melton Mowbray by robban

Swells Hill is mentioned in the doomsday book where very little else in this photo is. the row of a few houses in the foreground are the top part of Swells Hill, perched on the "Knoll" Looking east up the ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

For a very enjoyable year I lived at no 14 in Florence Road, a turning halfway down to the beach and off Sea Road in Boscombe (see photo). I became one of the first persons in the country to study for a Higher National Diploma in ...Read more

A memory of Boscombe in 1969

My grandfather bought one of these ex-RAF officers bungalows after the Second World War so that the family could have a holiday base. In the B850004 photo, our bungalow is roughly alongside the white car you can see parked ...Read more

A memory of Barmston in 1953 by Peter Rodger

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

As a boy of thirteen, with my family, after the war, I spent all my school holidays in Cornwall. Six weeks with my Uncle Arthur and Aunt Mabel in a tied cottage on Lower Tregantle Farm near Torpoint. The very air was ...Read more

A memory of Lower Tregantle by Brian Conn

A pleasant comment on my last memory, made by Mr Steve Flora, whom I’ve never met, has prompted me to tell some more stories about Upper Boddington. On November 25th, 1944, a Wellington Bomber; no. LN242, took off from Chipping ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

I lived at No 8 Wolsey Crescent in the very early development of the estate up to the age of eight before my parents moved to Morden. Even at that age I can remember on many occasions hearing the drone of bombers overhead and ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by raymond.vail

my father lived in the house next to the halfway house pub. he was born in 1912, not sure when the family left. any info would be welcome

A memory of Birkenhead in 1910 by Bill Fletcher

OUR HISTORY AS A COMPANY To get all the information I've had to go back to the very beginning, here goes. Sarah Ann Kershaw born 1855 married James Roscoe becoming Sarah Ann Roscoe. Sarah ...Read more

A memory of Little Lever by jmilly75