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I have read with fond memories the recollections of others on their holidays at Bucks Mills and thought I would share mine. My family and I came down from Nottinghamshire for many ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1955 by Alasdair Gordon

My grandfather bought one of these ex-RAF officers bungalows after the Second World War so that the family could have a holiday base. In the B850004 photo, our bungalow is roughly alongside the white car you can see parked ...Read more

A memory of Barmston in 1953 by Peter Rodger

Thanks for this photo. This was my family's home for a long time. Dan

A memory of Kingsbridge by Daniel Luscombe

My great-grandmother was born here in 1847, Elizabeth Reed. Her father William was employed as a farming bailiff. I recently drove 200 miles to take photos of the fine church in the village, only to return home and see a ...Read more

A memory of Barcombe by Maggie Wayman

Several members of my family had connections with Rushton at different times between about 1910 and 1950. My great grandmother, Sarah Jane Wooton was landlady at The Crown ( I have a photo of her ...Read more

A memory of Rushton Spencer in 1920 by Karen Burns

The couple on the right pavement are my grandparents George Gray and his wife Elizabeth (nee Phippen) of Thornford. The photo would have been taken on a Thursday because after his retirement they always travelled to Sherborne on ...Read more

A memory of Sherborne by Claire Allen

My father Mr Jim Rush is at the far right of this photo in a light shirt, looking rather windswept. At this time he was the proprietor of the Pavilion Hotel and also for a short time the owner of the Alexander Hall which he ran as a dance hall.

A memory of Cowes in 1955 by Claire Allen

My grandfather, William Simpson Bruchshaw, is the man coming out of the greenhouse with the plant in his hand.  He was head gardener to Mr Munro Walker until Mr Walker died.  My grandfather's youngest brother, Henry, was farm ...Read more

A memory of Pell Wall by Claire Allen

Hi, I have pictures of the cottages in Bridge Street ,I think it is 9 BS, where my father's grandmother Emily Pratt lived, she was born in 1856 and died 1914. We have a lot of family ties to this area as most of my father's side ...Read more

A memory of Wickham in 1953 by Marsha Leathley

I have a photograph taken about 1950 of myself about 4 years old on a three wheeler bicycle with my parents next to the garage and opposite the gate hotel.I remember having my haircut at the shop at the bottom of pit Hill. ...Read more

A memory of Langwith by stuart.copestake