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Although I moved from Prestbury to Gloucester in 1966 when I got married, then to Somerset in 1967. Prestbury has always held a special place in my heart, I always call it my home. I lived in a small cottage in ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury by Pat Procter

Does anyone have any memories of Albert he was a keen member of the British legion also on the Canival committee any comments please get in touch I am his nephew we lived in my younger days at Forest Rd next to the infants school then to ...Read more

A memory of Binfield by Anthony Whitlock

I spent nine months at Highwood Hospital  between May and December 1951. I celebrated my 12th birthday in Poplars 3, a girls' ward almost at the end of the drive. I remember so many things about my time there I could almost write ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1951 by Pamela Stockwell

Does anyone have any memories of a large White House which would have been located about 200 metres behind the Tesco Express on Chester Road. I have heard this property is linked to my recently purchased house, the Coach ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by James Dobson

I wasn't born in Disley. My Grandparents built a little wooden bungalow in a field owned by the Crabtree family. It was built before the war for holidays. Before that they had a big tent and all their family would go to stay. During ...Read more

A memory of Disley in 1950 by Hazel Bolger

I was born at home in Avondale Rd, Rayleigh Essex in 1958. We moved to Canvey Island & then in 1963 we relocated to Australia. I only have a few memories of Rayleigh & the most predominant was Snows Farm where ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh by shadow.1958

Gosh, I am so old, I remember the time that the trams (696 and 698) were changed for electric trolley buses of the same numbers. Does anyone but me remember the horse trough beside the clock tower?. before the war ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by George Rolfe

i was 5 wen we came back from germany and were put into the nissan huts used during the war by royal artillery the guns were still there and me and my sister jenny used to play on them and turn the wheel and make them turn we left there and moved to ...Read more

A memory of Barking

The shop on the extreme left is Harris's Newsagency. Then J. Clifford Hughes the chemist, then The Wool Shop. The long shop (three shops really) is Williams & Cotton: bread & cakes with a very tempting shop window with cream buns, ...Read more

A memory of Lydney by lesleyparker

With reference to the Polish Motor Torpedo Boat houseboat in the photo ('Hippocampus/S-8/HMTB 427'), I have done some more research using the local Electoral Registers (held in Winchester and Gosport) ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon by Tim Deacon