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In 'Spring Onions' the autobiography of farmer and market gardener Duncan McGuffie, published by Faber & Faber in 1942, the author rents Peacock Cottage. This is the quote from p 49: "Peacock Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Cleeve Prior by Robert Carter

My mother Eileen and her brother Ian Carter were evacuated to Great West Farm, Quethiock in 1940. Here are her memories of that time:- On June 16th 1940 we were evacuated from Marvels Lane School, Grove Park, London SE12 ...Read more

A memory of Quethiock by Mark Lambert

When we were children during WWII, my brothers Rob and Wilf and myself often visited Weston Green. At Weston Green there were two churches and two ponds called Marneys and Milburns. My ...Read more

A memory of Weston Green by Janet Moore

1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

Back in Burghfield around 1962, I clearly remember one day during the School Summer Holiday seeing a Huge Red and Green Steamroller coming towards me with a whole host of Road Tar making ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common by Andrew Cooper

Having recently by chance spoken with someone who knew Fenny Stratford I was prompted to start looking on the internet and came across this site and for what it’s worth decided to record my memories. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford by Dawn Cousins

I lived in Low Bradley Farm in the late 60's early 70's with my dad Peter Dominey, Mam Dorothy Dominey and brother Christopher. I was only just over a year old when we moved onto the farm and left when I was 7. The farm was owned by a ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley by Hazel Wilson

I was too young in the 1950’s to use the Hotel and pub but I learnt to ride at the Driftbridge Stables, that used the land, stables and coach houses from when the hotel had been a Coaching Inn. Having learnt to ride on Nutmeg, I ...Read more

A memory of Drift Bridge by Rita Westlake

My father was stationed in Lakenheath, England in 1963. My mother and 2 brothers followed 3 months later - I was 12 at the time. Coming from Texas, November in England was a shock, and it was the coldest winter they'd had in 60 years. We ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket

Having lived the first 25 years of my life in Widnes ,I have many happy memories of my school days there. Born in Dundalk Lane in 1940, from 1943 until 1945, I attended the Nursery,situated next to Ditton County Infants’ ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by John Pye