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Although I can't remember Alston as a baby, I did revisit at the tender age of 10 years and can remember the impact the town had on me, knowing I was born there. I was shown the house we lived in, it was called Sunset View at the ...Read more

A memory of Alston in 1949 by Robert Smith

My grandparents lived in one of the two cottages at the entrance to Eridge Castle, where grandad was the butler. I was so happy there. Granny would take me to see Mr and Mrs Ward who were the head gardener and his wife. Their daughter ...Read more

A memory of Eridge Green in 1945 by Carol Green

I was sent to Lee Hill Cottage Homes from Gateshead, along with my older sister Sadie and younger brother Stanley, when our mother was taken ill and was unable to care for us. Our baby brother was taken elsewhere ...Read more

A memory of Lanchester in 1940 by Ron Holder

I also remember Southgates shop, I was born in Potash Cottage and my grandparents lived in Chapel Cottage until about 1959 when my grandmother died and my grandfather moved across the road to Peartree Cottage which was ...Read more

A memory of Gislingham by Chris Durey

I remember visiting the island on holiday, living with my Auntie Katie, my father's sister who had remained on the island. Her two sons, Jerry and Andy, grew garden potatoes on the hill and we would sit down to a big bowl of ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 1944 by Patrick Munro

I was born at Drive Villa, Melbury Osmond in 1938, my parents coming both from London. But my father had a music shop in Yeovil. My memories of Melbury Osmond are very happy ones, we had a school then infants and juniors, ...Read more

A memory of Melbury Osmond by Diana Mitchell

My first memory of Tanygrisiau goes back to my being aged five and being taken there by my parents, Lloyd George and Catherine Owen. Dad's family had lived and worked at Tanygrisiau since almost the beginning of the slate mining ...Read more

A memory of Tanygrisiau in 1950 by Georgina Jacobs

Uncle Tim owned the left side of Tremmor Cottage, next to St Nicolas Church, as a holiday home. He would let it out privately to friends and family. Subsequently he changed his holiday venue to the house next door - Firside ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1999 by Richard Pullin

I was born in Rettendon  in 1938.  My father (Ernest James Hazell) and mother ( Ellen Wiseman)  were both born in the village as were my maternal grandmother and great grandmother. As a child I remember watching aircraft flying home ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon by Keith Hazell

Moved into Sandholme Road in 1954 from Howden. Father and grandfather bought The Cottages at auction and I lived there until going to college in 1970. My parents stayed there until 1983 when they moved into Laburnum ...Read more

A memory of Gilberdyke by Dave Cooper