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In 1979 my then boyfriend and I viewed Brightwells Cottage in The Square at Sutton Scotney. It was, to put it bluntly, a hovel ... mud floors, lead covered wiring, an Elsan Toilet and holes in the thatch, but we loved it. ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Scotney by Kim Burnett

Anyone living in Earith before 1970 will know my name, not because of me, but through my father, Don Guymer, and my mother Beryl.  Dad was known because of the haulage firm he used to run out of the house in the High ...Read more

A memory of Earith by Russ Guymer

I'd have to work out the date, but around there. I moved to Newent from Wales and used to live in a nice little house just down from the Black Dog on the corner of Church Street, if anyone has photos before it was knocked ...Read more

A memory of Newent in 1963 by Stephen Dunn

I remember going to the Savoy Cinema that you can see on the corner of the High Street and Vine Street. This was about 1953, I was seven and went with my brother who was twelve. I had never been to the pictures without an adult ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1953 by Barry Hawgood

I believe the Watney’s pub on the left of the picture was The Red Lion. In 1962 I was a lad of sixteen and worked at Blundells Shoe Shop. From the photograph this would have been behind the cameraman. I live in America now and ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1962 by Barry Hawgood

I lived in Tulse Hill from around 1970 to 1990, at first on the Tulse Hill Estate (Booth House) and then Gaywood Close up the hill. My abiding memories centre mainly around my time at Dick Sheppard School - now sadly ...Read more

A memory of Tulse Hill in 1980 by Darryl Milton

My father Gordon Thomas was born in the adjoining cottage which is now part of the tea garden I have many memories of the people and the surrounding area. My dad passed away on the 1st Oct 2008 and I made a sentimental journey back ...Read more

A memory of Bosherston by Graham Thomas

My sister and I were evacuated to St Merryn in 1940. I was aged 6 and my sister aged 11. We lived in Bermondsey, London. I shall always remember our first night in St Merryn. We were sitting in the School Hall,and were the ...Read more

A memory of St Merryn in 1940 by Bill Killick

We lived at "Caradon" during the Second World War. I was young when we moved there and we left soon after the war ended. I remember Dr Thames' pre-school, and the nursery school on the Terrace in New Polzeath - and ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath in 1943 by Diana Robinson

At sixteen I owned a three wheeler convertible that with a bit of bending of the law sixteen year olds were allowed to drive. Plus the fact that the coppers didn't know how the law stood exactly. The car was a Powerdrive, coming ...Read more

A memory of Cowley in 1963 by Barry Hawgood