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I have just read the memory of the fishing trips and the use of the jeep to tow the fishing boat down the beach to launch it into the sea at Downderry. I also remember that jeep as if it were yesterday. My Grandmother, ...Read more

A memory of Hessenford in 1953 by David Styler

I remember staying at the hospital and going to Heswall beach and playing on the aeroplane in the back garden at the hospital,it was about 1965

A memory of Heswall by Barry Ford

Julie CoatesRoyal Palm Beach, Florida, USA I am trying to find some information about my great gradfather. He was the postman in High Bentham for many years. His last name was Coates. I don't know his first name.He had a son (William Dabbot Coates) and three daughters Annie, Ethel and Gertie.

A memory of High Bentham in 1900 by Julie Coates

I worked in Wheatley village in 1963 in John Bull's butcher's shop opposite Sam's butchers with Ted! and a lady bookkeeper. After living in Waterstock on John Bull's farm during the terrible winter of 1963 we moved into his bungalow at 17 ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1963 by Alan Reid

I worked for John Bull from Waterstock in his butcher's shop in Wheatley with Ted and a lady in 1963. The shop was opposite Sam's butchers and my wife and I lived in a bunggalow at 17 Beech Road. This was a terrible winter and we first ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1963 by Alan Reid

In 1960 or possibly 1961 I went to Highcliffe with my pal for a holiday. We rode there on our motorcycles from High Wycombe in Bucks. We had a chalet on the beach with my parents but lied it was ours alone. It seemed more cool ...Read more

A memory of Colne in 1960 by Peter Mccormack

I remember Fred and Jack Fryer, and a son if I remember correctly who went in the navy. I would often wait on the beach at night beside their lantern which would guide them back to shore after an evenings fishing. Did Jack ...Read more

A memory of Sizewell in 1954 by Andrew Kersey

We visited the Lizard during our summer holidays. It was the hottest year for years. We stayed in a caravan, on a caravan site near the Mousehole junction. There was my parents, my brother, sister and in the other caravan, next door was my two ...Read more

A memory of Lizard in 1978 by Jean Smith

One of my very first memories was of a family holiday spent at the HF Cliff House around 1961 - I would have been 4 years old and my brother Stephen maybe 18 months. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea by Jane Lester

We had the use of a 3 bed detached home down here for 10 years, it was right at the top of the hill and we could see for miles in all directions. We would come down with suitcases and chill, our youngest was 1 and eldest 13, we had ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbridge in 1987 by Loraine Roles