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Myself and 2 brothers and 2 sisters lived in Middle Street for over 10 years. I think we moved away in 1969. I have wonderful memories. Hot summers, cold winters. Our house back then was Bourne Cottage. We ...Read more

A memory of Eastington by Derry Hughes

I remember my holidays spent in the village from an early age, they were happy times. I stayed with my Gran & Grampy Cannings who lived at Model Cottage, my cousins lived in the house next door. My brother and I spent our holidays ...Read more

A memory of Baydon in 1953 by Glynis Smith

I spent the first 7 years of my life living in the entire bottom half of Holmby House on Sanderstead Road. It was owned by the garage below it (which I now understand is a Skoda dealership) and my Dad rented it as a ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead in 1980 by Beverley Reeve

I was christened in St John's church in 1935. I was born in Harvey Road, and have been back so many times visiting my old school Davis Lane, the old Red LIon was at the end of our street and on the other side was ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1930 by Shirley Reynard

We - my parents and their five sons - lived at Beaconsmount, a house formerly owned by the Maules and before them, the Staggs. We moved to Ivy Hatch (opposite the 68 bus stop at the Sevenoaks end of the village) ...Read more

A memory of Ightham in 1960 by Brian Parsons

I would like to say my first memories of Waterloo was we lived in one of my grandmother's houses, it was called as I remember The Big White House. It was a very large house, I think it actually had 2 houses as ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo in 1970 by Jane (Stewart) Townsley

I don't know if this message is relevant to this website. My story is about my Dobson ancestors who lived in Selside, Cumbria for the first half of the 19th Century. My GrGrGrGrandparents lived in the same house in Selside ...Read more

A memory of Selside by Vera Yates

Born in 1951, I lived in Lechlade,Ledbury, Highworth, Oldtown, Cunningham Road and I lived on Penhill Drive in the late 1950s, I went to the infants and junior school. In the infants we learned to count by using small stones kept in a tobacco ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by Paul Everitt

I was born in Gascoigne Road in 1946, right opposite the school, 2 doors from Molly's sweet shop. My sisters Brenda and Betty along with our parents Rose and Arthur Cox. I have wonderful and happy memories of our life in Gascoigne ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Barbara Kavanagh

My first memory was going to school from Pen-y-Ball and being tought by Mrs Daisy Jones, Eluned Jones, Mr Bellis (the headmaster) and Mr Yeomans who we all loved, and also attending Sunday School every Sunday was a ...Read more

A memory of Brynford in 1950 by Ann Hughes