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i was born in guildford in 1986 and my parents had just taken over abinger post office and stores this is the house in the middle of the photo with all the ivy (that wasnt there in my time) the window above the shop was my parents ...Read more

A memory of Abinger Hammer in 1986 by Paul Jeacock

I lived my early years here, until the 1970's, having been born in Wells and brought home to Cheddar as a baby. I have many family ancestral links to Cheddar via my father's parents. In the late 1800's-early 1900's my great-grandfather John ...Read more

A memory of Cheddar by Christine Derrick

The Photograph above has never changed much from then to even now 2007. to the right as you look at the photograph ( I with my husband jeff and my two sons lived behind the shops). Mr Snowdon had his shop along with his ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1984 by Karen Surtees

The house on the right hand side of the picture, Greenfields, is my family home. When my father laid a new oak block floor in the hall, we put a 'time capsule' in the form of a box under the new floor. It contained such articles as ...Read more

A memory of Pant by Jane Kynaston

I first saw Barningham Hall from the back of a removals van as we pulled into the yard along side, it looked enormous then, I was 3yrs old, my father,(later known as Mac by every one) was to become Major ...Read more

A memory of Barningham Hall by Anthony Mackay

I remember this view of market street. At this time Tottington was an Urban District with its own council of 14 members. The gates and building on the right of the picture were Tottington Town Hall and council ...Read more

A memory of Tottington in 1955 by Denis Wood

My father Albert Allum was the School Caretaker from the day it opened in 1952 till he retired in 1982 Mother Alice also worked there as the School Nurse and Auxilary Assisant.My brother went there till he passed a Art exam and ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1960 by Nigel Allum

I was born in a farm estate cottage amongst the fields at Westwick. My father had been born in 1919 just up the road on the edge of Swanton in a small cottage , two up,two down , his father had lost a leg in the great war and had ...Read more

A memory of Westwick by blythpmb

My name is Forsyth now, but I was a Plumb. I moved to Halton when I was six and joined Halton 1st School and then Wendover Middle School. I lived in the big black and white house, which ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1978 by Charlotte Forsyth

I lived at 14 The Homing, Meadowlands, Cambridge which was close to the airport. I was 8 years old in 1955. Often on sunny weekends, my Mum would takes us on a walk over to the airport. It was a quiet relaxed place in those days. ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1955 by Chris Birkbeck