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I have Lots of Fond memorys growing up on the farm on the left ( Which was past down to us from the Winslade Family),I grew up there from birth 1950 till 1974 with my 4 brothers and mum and dad,we learnt to ride bikes and had Great fun raceing up and down the lane,also was Married in the church.

A memory of Othery by Jenny Cox (Selway)

I passed the 11+ in 1952 and started Grammar school in Sept that year at Orange Hill Girls' Grammar. I caught the 140 bus from Streatfield Road, Kenton every day for 5 years which is when I left with 8 O levels ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Cherry Jocelyn Dunstone

My grandfather, John Henry Penny (Jack), built a house in Donniford Road. He called it The House Jack Built; it is still there today and is just before the lane going to Hellwell Bay. It was designed by Charles Royle Penny, one ...Read more

A memory of Watchet in 1930 by Edith Rees

I thought I would jot a few words down when I hear off a young lady who claims to live in no 8 . I rustled my papers and hit the keys and before you know it I had stopped at 70 pages The Brynna Hemingway, I ...Read more

A memory of Brynna by Gary Edwards

My grandparents lived at number 24 Factory Road. They were the last people to leave the street and I remember visiting them for the last time there when the rest of the street was deserted; the postage stamp gardens ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park in 1958 by Jackie Poulouktsi (Hussey)

I remember camping with my family down in the field just inland from the Towers. The site is now just for caravans, I think. My father would catch eels in the small streams which ran across the field down to the sea, and mum ...Read more

A memory of Reculver by Richard Furminger

I was born in a village called Diggle, but when I was about 4 we move to Oldham, just down the road, as my mum could not stand being snowed in. But as a child I loved the snow. I went to Watershedding School when I first ...Read more

A memory of Heyside by Georgina Jacques

Born in Kilburn Square in the early 30's we moved to Iverson Road and were there during the war. I used to act as messenger for the ARP who used the DOB club in Maygrove Road as their base and went to Beckford ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn by Len Parker

I was a student at Burlington School in the 1950's .You might remember me as the scruffy kid who lived in Blagdon Road. My mother had mental health difficulties. My best friend was Giles Harrison who lived next door to the school ...Read more

A memory of New Malden in 1953 by Lionek Paton

My wife's maiden name was Madeleine Sanderson (Bee), her memories are as follows. Before her parents moved to Porthcawl they kept a caravan at Trecco House owned by Mrs Pearce her son Tom, daughter-in-law Dorothy and granddaughter ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl in 1968 by Alan Aldridge