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Before they took down the high wall surrounding the castle. It is now at seating height.

A memory of Windsor by Carolyn Babin

We used to own Walshaw chippy, it was a garage made of asbestos. I had loads of friends who used to turn up hungry, Fri and Sat night after the pubs shut. My dad used to have a back room full of people eating fish and playing cards. (I ...Read more

A memory of Bury in 1967 by Peter Buckby

I was born in Combe Down, my parents owned 'Grove Stores' on the end of Hawthorn Grove. I have so many very happy memories of playing in Rainbow Woods, it looks a bit different now obviously, but I can still see it in my ...Read more

A memory of Combe Down in 1975 by Sally Mason

My brother Douglas and I were there 1945 to 1953, he was in Beatrice House and I was in Copley House. For the first year I only saw Douglas in chapel on Sundays and on our birthday's when our mother visited. I can remember Ronald ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1953 by Lynnette Singleton Nee Fendal

I was about 6 when I went to St Mary's...never knew why I went. I can remember going on the train with other children; my mum & dad did not visit and I'm not sure how long I was there. There was a secret passage down to the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1946

I lived in Upper Bridge Street and remember a few of the shops in town, I think! On the corner of Upper Bridge Street and the Bell Pitch was Franketti's fish shop with an awesome Art Nouveau till and free chips if you took ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Sandra Rudd

Does anyone remember a Polish miner who lived on LLanbradach High Street for a while? He was killed down the mine in 1961. He was known as ‘Ted’. I would love to hear any memories no matter how small or trivial. My mum knew him and comes from Caerphilly - he is on her wedding photographs. Thank you.

A memory of Llanbradach in 1961 by Helen Merritt

'Eee, when I were a lad'....... in the 1950's my dad and I would get the bus from Exeter to Dawlish and camp for a week at Cofton Farm, using a little WWII army-surplus 2-man ridge tent. My elder brother was in The Scouts, and ...Read more

A memory of Starcross by Christopher Howard

Well . . . not all of it! My dad was enlisted USAF stationed at Alconbury 1959-1960 and he found us a place on High Street that we shared with a number of other people. I believe it was one of the first three ...Read more

A memory of Earith in 1960 by Dan Mc Fall

I used to live in Bulford when I was just a pup, I had many happy memories there and some very sad ones too. I can remember a girl who used to be in our gang was taken to a corn field and killed by somebody. I was too young but can ...Read more

A memory of Bulford in 1953 by Jeffrey Devlin