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My husband has always wanted to go back to his grandfather's home, we live in Canada, but never could. We retire next year so I am researching the area. He was only 3 when they visited. Baptism: 1 Jun 1884 St Mary and All ...Read more

A memory of Crawshawbooth in 1949 by Dale Cornish

My grandfather John Johnson was born around 1900 and lived all his early life around Billy Mill and Seaton Sluice. He told me that as a boy of about eleven he spent two weeks' holiday with his friend, the lighthouse ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice in 1900 by Neil Johnson

We moved to Chaldon from Purley in 1963 to live at 20 Roffes Lane in Little Bindles, which was the middle of three thatched cottages built in the 1920s by a builder to live in with his houskeeper one side and his ...Read more

A memory of Chaldon in 1963 by David Manley

I am a retired police officer who has been studying the family history of both my family and that of my wife, Jenifer Cooper. I am trying to trace relatives of the family and hope that someone may just know something of the ...Read more

A memory of Blaengarw in 1930 by Colin Clarke

I've just come across this site. My memory years are really from 1938 up to 1958, when I married and left Crownhill Road, but I have returned several times recently, as it draws me back to 'home', although we ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1940 by Douglas Parrott

Research into my Family History tells me that my great, great, great grandfather (John Henry Erskine) was baptised at St Mary's Church on 30th December 1836. His parents, John Erskine and Sarah Cook were married ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster

This was the year I took my 11+ exam. There was such deep snow that winter that it was very difficult to walk to school. Luckily I lived in Milton Road where St John's was then situated. On arriving at school we were all so cold ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon in 1947 by Ann Midson

Hi to anyone who remembers St Clare's Convent in the 1960s. I was there at this time with my sister and two brothers. We were the Davies family in Sister Xaviers group. Other groups were cared for by Sister ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1960 by Rosemary Burdass

Down St Mary School was built in 1878 on the site of the Bell Inn by the Rev. W T A Radford. In the 1930s I was a pupil in the infants' class which was divided from the upper class by a green curtain on a pole. There were ...Read more

A memory of Down St Mary in 1930 by John Shapland

I lived in Hilltop Avenue and remember some of the previous contributors and recall most of the names mentioned. Some of the things I remember include- A visit by the late Queen Mother when  schoolchildren lined the route throughout the ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill by John Oldham