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What an amazing place! The old post office in Budlake has been preserved by the National Trust and it is absolutely fascinating getting close up to the village shop goods and the post office stamps and stationery from the ...Read more

A memory of Budlake in 2011 by John Howard Norfolk

I am trying to find out more information about Wiseton Road in Tooting. My family William and Ann Raven lived there in Blackmore Cottage, next door was Raven Cottage. I know that the family surnames are Raven and Blakemore. Are these ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1870 by Alison Brimicombe

Anyone remember the Avenue Club and Cafe run by Wally and Grace? I was their daughter-in-law and I lived at 95 Old Road in a yard above a private garage that looked like a ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1962 by Patricia Cohen

My Nana and Grandad Evelyn and Tom Gordon Walton, my dad's parents, retired to Alder Cottage, Crook Bank, Theddlethorpe. As a child I lived in a cottage in the grounds until moving away. But my brothers ...Read more

A memory of Theddlethorpe St Helen in 1950 by Myra Turner

From 1946 until 1949 I was a boarder at Court Hall. At the time I was there Lady Poultimor lived in a cottage in the grounds and kept parrots. There were stables at the rear of the house and a full pack of hounds was kept ...Read more

A memory of North Molton in 1946 by Brenda Mitchell

I lived in Hillbrow Cottages on the Eastbourne Road from 1950 to 1970s. My father, George Mison, worked in the sand quarry in Bletchingley and mum, Elsie, was a housewife. There are only 12 cottages at Hillbrow and so ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1950 by Ruth Bradbury Nee Mison

I lived in Mollington from 1948 until 1962. We lived in one of two cottages, set back off the main street, and at the bottom of our gardens was the road, then the row. I remember the Avahes and Harry Robinson. At the ...Read more

A memory of Mollington by Diane Woods

I was born in East Harlsey in 1958 and spent 19 years living there. The photo on this site I believe is my mum, Mrs Lorna Whittaker, stood outside our family home next to the Methodist Chapel. I loved going to the village school, ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey by Julie Sassoon

Warborough Green is a beautiful setting, and I enjoyed my childhood there. We lived in Quaker Cottage next to The Six Bells Pub and my maiden name was Noakes. I was in the Brownies and later on in the Youth Club. Even ...Read more

A memory of Warborough in 1953 by Shirley Mallinson

My father Robin Anson, was the second son of Violet and Lawrence Augustus Anson. Lawrence was brought up by his grandparents who lived in one of the cottages opposite the Triton pub. His mother Beatrice, was a maid in Bridlington but ...Read more

A memory of Brantingham in 1930 by Kathryn Anson