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I left Sandye school in 1970. We lived in Potton and I started work at Empsons garage as a trained mechanic. They also repaired lorrys there too - mainly Commer. It was owned and run by Bill Empson and Steve Whitbread ...Read more

A memory of Gamlingay in 1970 by Mark Barber

I was a farm hand at Whitley Bridge and was for that day a tractor driver. My job was to pull a trailer down a row of rhubarb roots which had been pulled out onto the surface. Mr Huddleston employed girls on his market ...Read more

A memory of Bubwith in 1966 by Roland Mitchell

Hello my name is Derek Harrington. My Aunt was Nellie Combes who was the cook at Fingringhoe Hall and my mother was Doris Harrington who cleaned the rooms at The Hall. We had just returned to England from ...Read more

A memory of Fingringhoe in 1945 by Derek Harrington

Hi, Brunswick Baptist Church (Brun) is going to be celebrating it's 200th anniversary next year. I am looking for old photos, memories, etc that could possibly feature in a book we are trying to put together. ...Read more

A memory of Gloucester by Stuart Hurst

My childhood memories of Newnham House, Peter Prankerd, the cook Gladys Bowen are from when I was taken from home into the care of the above. I would of been around 9 years old. I along with some 20 or so other young boys were taken there ...Read more

A memory of Newnham in 1969 by Martyn Blamires

York Jones is the correct spelling i.e. no 'e' on York! In 1955, I was ten years old and would work here during school holidays. My Great Uncle (my Grandmother's brother), was Frank York-Jones, the Managing ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1955 by Colin Sinfield

I remember when I used to catch a trolley at Fanshawe Avenue and go to Ilford Broadway and then go for a wander around the shops in Ilford. If I recall, the trolley bus ride was about 2d each way. When it came time to go home I caught a bus ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1949 by Jill Blackman

My grandfather, Henry French, was the gamekeeper at Kirkham Hall. He lived at Whitwell-on-the Hill and I spent many good times with him. My uncle, Albert, was the postman at Whitwell and my father worked on the railway at Richmond, ...Read more

A memory of Kirkham in 1950 by Daviid French

My maternal grandfather, George Alexander, was a headwaiter at the Felix Hotel. He met many famous people, such as George Bernard Shaw and got their autographs. I have his autograph book and it is ...Read more

A memory of Felixstowe in 1940 by Sarah Nachin

Memories -mrs roberts miss cook and her chow dog during the early war years they were second mothers to us all,village people were kind and helpfull ,mr pond the water bailiff gave me all the fishing tackle i needed and ...Read more

A memory of Holdenhurst in 1930 by William Roland Pye