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Reading all the memories, mostly happy, and recollections from both staff and pupils at Warnham Court has opened the floodgates to my own happy, carefree school days. Gosh, so many people and ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Susanne Baylis

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that name ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

We moved from Chelmsford to Radcliffe in 1968 - I was 2 years old. I went to Lorne Grove Nursery and my memory of that was the Rocking Horse Toy. I hated sharing it!! I was about 3 or 4 and I remember being so upset at being taken ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent by Claire Suzanne Izard

Yes Hassobury school was a nice school I was there in 1969 I in joyed it there the teachers was nice it gone now all house and flats there now the teachers was miss Bog miss eveans miss donlop she was South Africa miss Hendry miss Newman it ...Read more

A memory of Farnham by judystone12

In a previous memory of mine I mentioned that the village of Upper Boddington was without mains water in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s . I lived in the School House with my parents, Pat and George Bishop. My ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

I was born in Dean Street Failsworth 1944-1967. I went to Mather street school and then to Failsworth boys Partington street.Probably started school in 1949. I remember Miss Williamson, infants, and Mrs Kershaw in the Juniors. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth by John Sutcliffe

Hi. I was at Orchard Portman in 1957 or 1958. Yes I can remember the Walkers. I must have been 7 or 8 years old and probably one of the tallest boys there - now being 196cm tall. I had red hair, freckles and glasses and was very ...Read more

A memory of Orchard Portman

These are my memories of Ipswich in Early 1960 I had been working in Ilford on C & A Modes new shop. when the job there was finished i was sent to Frederick Corders shop in Tavern Street, Ipswich, to help out with the shopfitting ...Read more

A memory of Ipswich by Anthony Williams

I am learning more about my family history, and have discovered my Grandad trained to be a nurse at the General Infirmary, Foregate Street, Stafford. He became a registered nurse in 1950, before moving down to work in ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by aprillegillard

I was 6 months old when we (my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters) moved into one of two farm cottages in Laney Green. I lived there until 1964, when the cottages were torn down (unnecessarily so) to enable the ...Read more

A memory of Laney Green by Angela Cope