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I lived in Elm Street and went to Parc Lewis school, Wood Road 1 year only, and Hawthorn Secondary Modern until 1957. My friends and I killed more Indians and Germans than anyone else on the mountain behind ...Read more

A memory of Rhydyfelin in 1950 by John Davies

My dad was born in Port Isaac in 1934. He went to school in Port Isaac. During my childhood and visits to his home village, he told us many stories of this school days and how they would go off fishing for the day in the small fishing ...Read more

A memory of Port Isaac in 1930 by Samantha Bailey

I used to live in Court Farm Road. My friends' parents used to own the caravan park, my friends' names were Pat, Alan and another sister, their cousin Susan lived next door to me. I remember the neighbours going out with the Lifeboat ...Read more

A memory of Newhaven in 1963 by Nita Kendell

So many happy memories of my childhood in Crewe up to the time I left aged 13 in 1959. Primary school years spent at Edleston Road, two teachers I remember are Mr Francis and Mr Capewell, I think Mr Capewell liked me because he ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by David Griffiths

I had a cruiser ('Hely'n) at Pyrford marina in the 1990s, and remember some great barbeques moored in sight of Newark Abbey. Moved to Thames, to Penton Hook in the 2000s.

A memory of Pyrford in 1993 by Alan Mcdonald

We used to live above a shop in the market square. I went to Bromley parish primary school. I was a May Queen in 1969, I think, and my brother fell in the boating pond. These picture brought back lots of memorys of my childhood. I now live in Suffolk.

A memory of Bromley in 1969 by Linda Odonoghue

I was at the Royal Hospital for a few months in 1971, a wonderful memory rekindled due to working on the Wirral lately...38 years since I was there but I remembered just where it was while passing through Heswall. I remember Nurse Hessian ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1972 by Brian Jones

Weymouth is the venue for the Wessex Folk Festival which this year attracted may Morris Sides from around England. We took turns to perform over the three day festival in June and most of the music and dancing was alongside ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth in 2011 by John Howard Norfolk

My great-great-grandfather Fewson Hopper was one of the first lifeboatmen to be housed in the Spurn Head cottages shown. They were built in the mid 19th century for the lifeboat crew members. Fewson (the maiden name ...Read more

A memory of Spurn Head in 1860 by Peter Hopper

I lived at Glebe House. I went to the primary school at Warehorne, the very strict head was Miss Sane (later to become Mrs Buxton) and my teacher was Miss Small. Most of Kenardington's children including myself got taken to school ...Read more

A memory of Kenardington in 1957 by Janet Bishop