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I lived in Stedham from the time I was born in 1944 until I left to get married in 1968. I lived at 36 Tye Hill with my mother and grandmother until the war finished and my father came home. I remember my mother ...Read more

A memory of Stedham in 1960 by Michael Bosworth

My mother, sister Valerie and I lived here for a while in the early '60s. It was divided into flats at the time and was incredibly creepy. There was no bridge at that time and although we had a ferryman during the day, we ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1962 by Jenny Offord (Lemon)

This is part of the interior of the The High Pine Club. The photograph is looking across the sprung wooden dance floor. My parents spent many a happy time there up until the night that it burnt down. To the right of the ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1860 by Jane Sewell

I have to go to bed right now, and hope I can add my memories later. I wrote home every day for several months after first arriving to live in Buckland at Warneford South, to attend University Hall Buckland ...Read more

A memory of Buckland in 1968

Mum, Connie Bridges, grew up here and married Peter Nelson in 1947. I was born in London, briefly lived in Fairford and visited grandparents often for holidays. Now live and married in Denver Colorado for 35 ...Read more

A memory of Fairford in 1950 by Christine Johnson

The Army My call up papers came with a railway warrant for Gloucester, where I and another group of lucky lads, were picked up by army lorry and taken to the barracks of the Gloucester Regiment for our six weeks basic training. Unloaded at ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1947 by Arthur Cottrell

I was born in 1928 at Barrow Bridge. My father was a farmer, the house we lived in was the former home of the manager of the mill. The land he occupied was part of the Smithills Estate. One of my early memories was the flooding ...Read more

A memory of Smithills Moor

The Seagoing Years. I must have left the Army sometime in August or September of 1949, and went back to C.J.King & son, tug owners, to carry on with my job as deck boy. This was not to my ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1950 by Arthur Cottrell

I was born in 1934 and my first home was 15 Stoneycroft Road. We lived there until 1937 when we moved to 19 Claybury Road. I remember going down the air raid shelter under the Woodford Bridge Green. It was a damp, ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1940 by Colin King

I came to live at Gara Bridge as a babe in arms in the early 1940s. We lived at 2 Hothole Cottages, and I remained there until I joined the forces in 1960. Our neighbours all that time were called Pullyblank, Phil, the ...Read more

A memory of Gara Bridge by Leslie Wyse