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I was a pre - Nursing student at Daneswood for two years. I hailed from Bolton, Lancashire and it was my first time away from home and town. I fell in love with Woburn Sands and enjoyed my time at Daneswood, to ...Read more

A memory of Woburn Sands in 1958 by Kathleen Hagan

In this old and wonderful church I was baptised, went to Sunday school and was confirmed, and every time I enter it I am in awe and feel my ancesters all around me.  Being born and brought up in Trelights, my mother was a ...Read more

A memory of St Endellion in 1940 by Jan Cowling

I have very fond memories of living in Winscombe as a child, in fact they were some of the best years of my life. I was living in Yadley Lane, and loved to take walks up the old railway line which ran past our house, in fact ...Read more

A memory of Winscombe in 1978 by Fiona Wright

My paternal grandfather, Joseph Cook, lived at No 24 Newbridge Road, Pontllanfraith and to avoid the bombing where we lived in South London, we stayed in his house. I was too young for school, but my brothers, Joe and Pat ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1944 by Ken Cook

Soon after the end of WW2, we stayed in Frampton on Severn, at the home of my Uncle Percy and his wife Mary. My Uncle Percy worked on an Estate, possibly Frampton Court. With some of the local lads we liked to visit, what ...Read more

A memory of Frampton On Severn in 1947 by Ken Cook

While staying with my Uncle and Aunt in Uley during the school holidays, I bought an air-pistol. To be on the safe side I bought a Gun Licence from the Post Office in Dursley. Ken Cook

A memory of Dursley in 1954 by Ken Cook

Wow, I have many fun memories about St Andrew's Church, living next door for many years and being a member in my younger years. To me it was like my second home. Does anyone remember Skipp? He was a lovely man, I got many ...Read more

A memory of Stanstead Abbotts in 1972 by Sonia Thompson

Not sure how long I went with my grandparents, then when they passed away my parents, but I was born in 1941 and I know we were still going there until we migrated to Australia in 1961. We 'lived' in the first hut on the right ...Read more

A memory of Paddock Wood

My aunt and uncle - Mr and Mrs George Pratt - used to manage the market gardens in Escrick. We had many happy holidays there, and I remember the peaches and apricots growing up the wall, rows and rows of ...Read more

A memory of Escrick in 1950 by First Name Last Name

Miss Funge was my great aunt. I stayed with her and her friend Miss Nellie Payne, as a child, in summer holidays. She lived in School House, Cousley Wood. She taught in the school for 50 years, starting at the age of 16. She ...Read more

A memory of Cousley Wood in 1956 by Geraldine Ralph