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I grew up in ashgrove from (I was very young) to 1959 when we moved to Ivygrove. I went about with andrew puller, ann and betty black, Jimmy walker and rodney walker, june pratt, sandy and the rest of ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill by tedinwindygates

The gentleman in this photo is my grandfather Mr James William Arthur Reffold late of the Pump house that lays to his left behind the shop.the horses name is Jimmy he was a large ginger horse. I lived in Shackleford through the ...Read more

A memory of Shackleford by dreffold

Ebbisham Hall for dances. White Hart next door. Spread Eagle opposite. Eclipse pub West Hill. Nelsons open air pool. Snooker hall above Burtons. Cafe in South Street. Arthur Wheeler Waterloo Road where I bought my first bike. And I loved the racing.

A memory of Epsom

In 1941 when I was 10 years old we lost our home in the Plymouth blitz. Having been to Crackington before the war on holiday and staying at Baypark Farm (Mr and Mrs Coombs) we arranged to go there again. Living as ...Read more

A memory of Crackington Haven by Margaret Jones

My life has always been based around The Bull as I was born there in 1965 and stayed there till September 1982 as my dad was the landlord. We left there when he sadly passed away, but still today I have people ...Read more

A memory of Snodland by Diane Shrimpton

Walter and Myra Reed were cousins of my Grandfather Munnings. I used to spend my summer holidays with the Reeds and have a lovely photo of them celebrating their golden wedding. Their children gave them a bathroom to celebrate the ...Read more

A memory of Mountnessing in 1950

1851 census - my great great grandad, Thomas Thing, was an inn keeper at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn (I think Barter Road), along with his wife Mary Ann, and children; Ada, Louisa, Oxco (Oscar), Mary Ann, Zilliah and Arthur.

A memory of Old Newton by Valerie Gray Wilson

We lived briefly in Ferndale Crescent (nr 35). This was defined as Uxbridge then but the boundaries were never quite clear and have become even more blurred with the march of time. It must have been around '57 when we moved in and the ...Read more

A memory of Cowley in 1957 by Philip Cousins

Does anyone know the decendants of Moses Yeardley who was a Landlord of the said public house? I am a decendant of his brother Arthur Yeardley, my father was named after him. I know that his Mother was the Landlady of The Royal ...Read more

A memory of Ecclesfield

My family moved to Roxwell in 1970 from Westland Green, Little Hadham, Herts into the Manor House, known as Dukes Manor. The house was the former farmhouse for the Foreman family, but Lance Foreman preferred to live in Lightfoots, ...Read more

A memory of Roxwell in 1970 by Simon Lyon