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Anyone have any knowledge of deene house where a relative of my friends late husband worked. His great grandfather labourer/gardener there during 1920`s/30`s.

A memory of Deenethorpe in 1920

I was born at Glen Andred which is situated just beyond the Groombridge cemetery, which was just beyond the pumping station. There was Dad, Mum, Gran and my brother, Paddy. After 6 months we all moved to Forge Gate Crossing ...Read more

A memory of Groombridge in 1941 by James Stapleton

My paternal family owned the nursery/market garden in Ambleside prior to and after the war, their house is now the Glava Restaurant. My maternal family owned High Wray Bank on the other side of the Lake. I was bought up with so many ...Read more

A memory of High Wray in 1968 by Sue Milligan

Hi, my name is Yvette (maiden name was Beaney), does anyone remember my nan and granddad, Ernest and Cissy Beaney, who ran the village shop that has now been turned into a house? My dad Don and his brother Lionel did ...Read more

A memory of Bethersden in 1970 by Yvette Harris

When I was under 7 in the late 1950's my parents & I lived in Offerton cottages just down the road from what my mother used to call the "Pretty House". The couple who lived there were a Mr & Mrs Dowdswell ( I may ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1959

I'm not sure if I'm right about this but I think that for a while our Matron, Mary Powell, lived here in the cottage opposite the hospital gates. In 1963, after we had sat our final exams, a small group of us were invited over for ...Read more

A memory of Oswestry in 1962 by Ann Corbett

I found an old postcard of Porthminster Beach recently in a charity shop in Devon. I was intrigued by the message, it was addressed to a Miss Johnson at Pedn Olva House and something tragic had obviously happened as it talked of being ...Read more

A memory of St Ives in 1964

I lived at No.10, loved the Sunday afternoon football match up on the hill. Some days we would have 30 adults/kids, god help you if you kicked ball down the hill! There was only one public phone in middle of village, if it rang you ...Read more

A memory of Kilmichael Glassary in 1962 by David Campbell/Tinman

I moved to Foyle Drive when there was only a few houses built. I lived across the road from the church and went to Ockendon Courts School from the first day it opened. I used to walk up to a Mr & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1950 by Victor Hockley

My great grandfather and his wife lived in Chappel and my grandfather was born there in 1912. I have 2 lovely images of Chappel which shows my Great Grandmother standing at her door in The Street with her two young children. Above the window ...Read more

A memory of Chappel in 1910 by Sue Malyn