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I started at St Peter's in South Weald at the age of four in 1955. This was in the old school which is no longer there. Our teacher was Mrs Fox and we were taught to write on slates. When we became proficient we were ...Read more

A memory of South Weald in 1955 by Marilyn Lewis

My Great, Great, Grand parents William & Jane Kay came from Congleton Cheshire. They were married 20-February 1865 in St Peters Church Congleton (marriage certificate) Witnesses were John Frost and Ann ...Read more

A memory of Congleton in 1860 by Carolyn Sarten

I was born in 2 Pound Cottages in 1940. It was the home of my maternal grandparents Arthur John and Katie May Street. He was a gardener who worked for Col. Harper at Lamberts. I recall a house in Godalming that ...Read more

A memory of Hascombe in 1940 by Hilda Jean Waddington

ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO THROUGH A FAMILY MEMBER TRACING THE FAMILY TREE DID I KNOW THAT ST PETERS CHURCH HAS LINKS WITH MY ANCESTORS IN THE EARLY 17OO`S, THEY WERE BAPTISED, MARRIED AND BURIED THERE, MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER ...Read more

A memory of Carmarthen by Gerald Dodd

At the age of nine, I had to come and live with my mother's parents, Albert and Emily Warner, at 3 Church Path (pair of cottages now pulled down, but their well - (what wonderfully tasting water, drawn up with a bucket) still remains now in ...Read more

A memory of Ash in 1950 by Ray Attwood

Hi hope someone can help, there is great debate going on in dunchurch at the moment. There is no record of when the church gates were put up and we need to find out because English Heritage are trying to stop them from being ...Read more

A memory of Dunchurch by Louise Faill

I was just 9 years old when my family moved to Wisborough Green in December 1951, where my father - John Edward Penney MA, LTh - was vicar until his retirement in 1976.      I went to Wisborough Green Primary school ...Read more

A memory of Wisborough Green in 1963 by Chris (Christopher) Penney

In 1961 my parents and I were one of the first families to move to the Oxmoor Estate from London. I attended the new building of St Peter's School on St Peter's Hill. At that time Huntingdon was a small town compared to what it is now. ...Read more

A memory of Huntingdon by garth.linnell

My nan (Amy) and granddad (Fred) ran the post office in Cobtree Cottage Ightham. As a young girl I started Ightham primary school in 1964 before changing to Borough Green primary school in the last 2 years. My uncle's ...Read more

A memory of Ightham by linda.rye

My name is Peter Martin i was born and brought up in Berry Lane between Samuel and Emanuel roads. I was born in Billericay hospital on the 11th May 1952 i attended langdon Hills Primary and then Laindon High Road. I remember Mr Foy in ...Read more

A memory of Langdon Hills by peajay52