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It was a fine summer evening in June and the dancers and musicians of the Heather and Gorse Clog Morris team met at The Old Inn at Widecombe to put on an entertainment of ...Read more

A memory of Widecombe in the Moor in 2011 by John Howard Norfolk

This is for Martyn Walker. I do remember the Tin School, but not in the 1960s however. I was a student there from 1941-1948. I just found this site by accident, it got me thinking about the Tin School. Then I came across your ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1940 by Sheila Yarnell

I grew up in the village and my earliest memory was playing out the back garden of where I lived in Old Barn Cottage. I was brought up with my gran, great- gran and uncle, the family name was Newman. I also used to walk to Llamihangle ...Read more

A memory of Sigingstone in 1961 by Sian Taylor

I lived in Towneley Terrace with my Auntie Etty and Uncle Bill Eltringham when my mother died. I remember the street lights coming back on after the war. Looking down at all the pretty lights was a sight ...Read more

A memory of High Spen in 1940 by Ena Taplin

My father used to run a shop in Hornchurch. I have lovely memories of those days, playing in what I think was an old quarry at the back of the shop. The lady who ran the sweet shop gave me a bride doll which I adored. ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1965 by Erica Pearce

I was posted to RAF Gaydon in the summer of 1963 after serving 3 years in Cyrpus at RAF Nicosia. I underwent training on the Victor BMK 1 and then to 232 OCU where I found life a lot tougher than I was used to, tiring shift ...Read more

A memory of Gaydon in 1963 by James Maurice Blackford

My name is Geoffrey Powell, My name was changed for family reasons from SAC Geoffrey Pallett, I was stationed at RAF Goldsborough, it was a camp situated at East Barnby but took the name from nearby Goldsborough. I was on a ...Read more

A memory of Fylingdales Moor in 1960 by Geoffrey Powell

Ahh, I rememeber it well, strolling down past the church towards home with DD, you see my wife was away and I couldn't help myself. 36 years of wedded bliss up in smoke. Little walks by the canal and kissing on the beach ...Read more

A memory of New Hutton in 2010 by Andy Robson

I used to live at this address and went to Brionne Gardens Girls School (now Hillview). I loved living here, the estate agents we lived over is still there, I know this as I went back for a visit with my son in 2008 after 40 odd ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1960 by Linda Thompson

A bit before my time, but I was born and bred in Bidford. The old Falcon Inn, in the background, I lived round the corner from there. Had a wonderful childhood in Bidford, alas I left to join the army in 1977 and only manage to ...Read more

A memory of Bidford-on-Avon in 1965 by Jay Spiers