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I grew up in Netherton, it was a was nice place then, well sort of, amongst the fighting, as a child we used to go to Sefton church every Sunday, past the village green post office shop (not there now) and on through the ...Read more

A memory of Netherton in 1983 by Rachel Mason

In our early teens we used to go to the Nell Gwynne, upstairs in the 'coffee bar' where we had what I believe was the worlds first Nickelodeon (manual version). We paid the lady 3d, I think it was, and she put our favourite record on the ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1950 by Brian Robinson

At the age of 80, I still have nostalgic memories of Compton Bassett,  of Calne, of the White Horse - both the historic site and the pub - and of the beautiful surrounding countryside that I often ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1946 by John J Bautista

I was stationed at Compton Bassett from 6/10/48 until 25/1/49. I was training as a T.P.O. / Tape Relay Operator. My memories of the camp are not all that good, the most vivid memory was being paraded with the rest of the ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1948 by Dennis Fickling

I grew up on Church Lane. I had an auntie and uncle living on each side. We had a well for about 10 cottages. I know that the Lane has a different name now. My sisters and I used to play at the big white house at the top of the hill and ...Read more

A memory of Kelsale in 1953 by Kathleen Ressler

My family first came to live in Studwell Lodge, which they bought from the Bruce family,  when my father retired from farming in Berkshire at the age of fifty five. It was then 1959 and I, as a ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1960 by Charles Skipwith

John, Jean and Paul Cooper moved to 9 Churchill Road in March 1964. Cost of property (new) £3,400.00.  Paul was aged 3 years and 6months.  Len and Cis Richardson and Sarah, moved in approx. 6 months to No 11. Sarah was born on the same ...Read more

A memory of Welton in 1964 by John Cooper

I lived in Penkenna House in 1973, for a few months. I was only about 8 or 9 years old then so I lived with my mum and dad and my younger brother and sister. I think the property was then owned by a Mr ...Read more

A memory of Crackington Haven in 1973 by David Buckle

This is from about the 1950s. Along Grange Road was a huge piggery and it was owned by the Liddle family, by, did it pong. Further along you came to the railway crossing with the sign STOP, LOOK, LISTEN in red, this was where the steam ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

Ooh, I remember going to the Goldthopre Welfare Hall to see musicals staged there by the South Yorkshire Musical Comedy Society in the 1960s when they moved from their former home, the Mexborough Empire Cinema, ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe in 1963 by Richard Roper