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My great uncle and aunt lived at Long Park when the station was known as Sidmouth Junction. My brother spent many holidays there, in particular during the war. Uncle Frank bred pigs as well as gereral farming. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Feniton by Jane Sloan

Yes, I remember those things mentioned by Tony Barker. We lived at 38 Wallingford Road from 1939 to 1943, went to the same school and the same church so probably knew each other. I can remember playing in the ...Read more

A memory of Handforth in 1940 by Nancy Young

I moved to Dorchester in 1949 with my parents and lived at 2 Castle Row, North Square. I have nothing but fond memories of growing up in Dorchester and even though I haven't been back since the early 60's and have lived ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester by David Bawden

I was born at number 10 5th Street, July 11th 1955 at my Nanna and Grandads house, Alice and George Foggin, they were the best Grandparents anyone could wish to have. My mum and dad were Jean and Denis Ryder and just like my ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1955 by Heather Lambe

.......at the end of the war, in my grandparents house. They then moved to Abbotsbury Road and we moved to a maisonette in Hatfield Mead. Went to the Willows Primary and the Willows Girls School for a year before we ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Yvonne Turner

1934 onwards. The first school I attended was in Wixoe. Many happy days were spent there under the guidance of Miss Harmer, later succeeded by Miss Watts and Miss Turner, later suceeded by Miss Bareham. I can ...Read more

A memory of Helions Bumpstead

I was born in 1946 and lived in Lamport Street, just off Warwick Street in Toxteth. We lived there until I was about 6 years of age. Because of town planning we had to move to Hawkstone Street but what I remember of Lamport ...Read more

A memory of Toxteth in 1950 by Richard Green

I went to Shaw House School in 1951 a section was then given over to boys as was predominately for Girls , I recently learned that Shaw was taken over as a School following a wartime bombing of a School close to Newbury Rail ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1951 by Percival Mills

I remember sliding down the slag bing on breadboards we stole from behind the Co -op on Westwood Road. My granny lived on Westwood Road near the sweetie shop which was later bought by Dan McArdle. My granny's house had an outside toilet ...Read more

A memory of Newmains in 1962 by James Campbell

As I was approaching my 7th birthday at the end of November 1943, my mother (Nan Mackie) was taken from our row house home at 34, Briar Edge, Forest Hall, nr Newcastle-on-Tyne to Dilston Hall, Corbridge, where she gave birth to my ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge in 1943 by Gwenneth Steward