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In this aerial view the early stages of Swan Walk's construction are visible, along with Albion Way that is near completion and which was opened the following year by the Queen. Between the late 60s and early ...Read more

A memory of Horsham in 1974 by Toby David Gray (Student/ Staff)

I lived in Mounts Road for the first eleven years of my life and spent most of my days exploring during the summer holidays, espcially the cows field at the rear of our house as there was a tunnel in middle of field where the old ...Read more

A memory of Greenhithe in 1984 by Theresa Gaughan

I too had an aunt who lived there.  In its time, it has had a house on top of the tower and a house on the wall attached to the left.  The house on top by then had disappeared. Through the archway was a line of small cottages with ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1930 by William Nicholls

manor of Highnam by Tom Fenton

A memory of Highnam in 1960 by Arie Van Doorn

I remember visiting Trelawne House during the annual fete, in what I assume must have been the summer as it was warm and the sun was shining. There were copious amounts of cakes and cream teas with a never-ending supply of tea on tap, ...Read more

A memory of Pelynt in 1988 by Adrian Sanders

When my maternal grandparents' house "Hobart", Mount Road, Cranleigh was bombed during World War Two we were housed temporarily above the the Crown Inn whilst the bomb was defused and the house put back in order.

A memory of Ewhurst by Gerry Warrington

My brother and I, aged six and a half and five, were evacuated to Wetley Rocks at the outbreak of war in 1939.  We only stayed for six weeks but the time is imprinted on my mind.  We were billeted in a farmhouse which belonged to, I ...Read more

A memory of Wetley Rocks in 1930 by Joyce Sidebotham

My childhood holidays were spent each year at Lower Largo from 1952 until 1960. Mum, Dad and I lodged with a family called Robertson where we had a room and meals cooked for us by Mrs Robertson.  Every year the same families ...Read more

A memory of Lower Largo in 1952 by Grace Loudon

My memories relate to the war years and just after. My paternal grandparents lived in Scarisbrick. I can remember the house, kitchen and front and back gardens. It seemed a much bigger house than ours and probably was. I don't ...Read more

A memory of Scarisbrick by Gillian Lee

My great grandad's brother was the blacksmith in the 1930s in Weaverthorpe.  This was my father's grandfather's brother. My father went to school at Weaverthorpe but lived in Helperthorpe. His father, Allison Clark was ...Read more

A memory of Weaverthorpe in 1930 by Stephen Clark