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I was brought up at 14, Ingestre Street and always consider myself a Bathside boy. I was very lucky to have my school opposite my front door. Just up the street was Mr.Barneys shop where you could buy 4 black jacks for a halfpenny. ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1960 by David Corley

I started at Hurn in 1980. I remember having to go to London in the summer to John Lewis for the huge uniform & kit. Having come from a poor background it was amazing that I was going to a private school and how ...Read more

A memory of Hurn in 1980 by James Henderson

My name is Pamela, my last name used to be NEAL. I lived in a farm house down this long country lane from 1952-1958. We had chickens and pigs. Our neighbor had a daughter called Sally Ann. Her dad had greyhounds and we went ...Read more

A memory of Horsham St Faith in 1952 by Pamela Neal/Musgrave

I lived with my parents and younger brother, Ian, at Glendoll, and attending Clova School where the teacher was Mrs. Conicher with a son named Rab. My dad used to take us to school and fetch ...Read more

A memory of Glen Clova in 1950 by Jean Fettes

We rented 14 Fore Street from the Jecks-Wrights from 1971-1973. My husband, was stationed at RAF Bentwaters and he used to work evenings at the Trust House Forte Hotel. Mrs Jecks-Wright would stop by almost every morning ...Read more

A memory of Framlingham in 1971 by Carleen Shepp

My Mother and I arrived in 1974, from a divorced Warrington and the dilapidation of the north-west. Merrily drinking tea and eating custard tarts in the bare miners' cottage living room, sitting in a deck chair and eating from a ...Read more

A memory of Gwespyr in 1977 by James Harrison

I have very fond and happy memories of Borth & Dol-y-Bont. Most of my childhood school holidays were spent in the lovely village of Dol-y-Bont where my grandparents, Nan and Pop Pallister lived. They originally ...Read more

A memory of Dol-y-Bont in 1975 by Jerry Pallister

I was brought up at Onesacre and as a child I can remember going down to the old school house where Mr & Mrs Jones lived. They used to have boarding kennals and they kept a goat in the croft at the end of the lane. We used to feed ...Read more

A memory of Oughtibridge in 1967 by Edward Penistone

I attended Brown Rigg from 1964 to 1966. As I recall, Bent Toe got stuck in a mud hole and was that exhausted with trying to get out it was kinder to have him put to sleep as the stress and strain on his heart, he was a big horse. I ...Read more

A memory of Bellingham in 1964 by Derick Stewart

I lived near the top of Downscourt Rd, my back garden exiting in St James Rd. Every day I would walk up and down that hill to Roke Primary and later around the local area delivering newspapers for 'Scobles' the ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1970 by Simon Bull