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During the fifties my friends and I spent many an hour in the woods and playing around the castle, during our school holidays we would be up there from dawn till dusk a few sandwiches and a bottle of water, those were the days. Many ...Read more

A memory of Henbury by David Baber

My mother Pamela Joan Jackson moved to North Weald from Leytonstone during the war with her parents John Arthur Jackson and Rose Lucy Jackson and her sister Rose. They lived at 23 Bassett Gardens. My aunt Rose ...Read more

A memory of North Weald Bassett in 1957 by Joan Nicklin

The following is a transcription of a newspaper article written about my grandparents Annie & Arthur Hopgood. May 1952. They took over the Carpenters Arms Rhoose in 1941. (now called the Highwayman) ‘Leader of the Band’ ...Read more

A memory of Rhoose in 1941

My husband worked at Webbs brewery from 1953-1956 as chief engineer. We lived at 3 Brewery Terrace (opposite the brewery). We often used the Hanbury Hotel and my husband knew Howard Collins I remember he was a very nice ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1953 by Marina Davis

Uttoxeter did not suffer much during the war. The first stick of bombs fell in a field at Loxley, and a further stick followed later. The only 'blitz' was on the Bailey and Mellor families, in New Road (parish of Stramshall) - ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall in 1941 by John Mellor

I am Philip Hopkins, born 1952 and moved the Ostels when I was 6 months old and lived there till I was 10. We lived in the posh part of the Ostels (brick built), I think the hostel had two bedrooms and was in a place called ...Read more

A memory of Abergarw in 1958 by Philip Hopkins

I am searching for my long lost sister, Yvonne, born 1954 in Warwickshire to Pamela and Arthur Barnett who lived in Southam. Mum was origially from Wormleighton. She was adopted sometime after she was born, if ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1954 by Susan Wines

My grandparents were both born in South Ockendon. Arthur Charles Kettle and Beatrice Alice Kettle, nee Chapman. They were married in St. Nicholas Church on 15th October 1921. They had three children, ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Ann Evans

After my dad passed away in January this year (2012), I realised I knew very little about my family history. I started searching the records for dad's family - a difficult task looking for a Davies who was born in ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1942 by Tracey Davies

I lived on Shepherds Hill and attended this school until I went on to Redden Court Secondary Modern at age 11. My name was Marguerite Valentine at the time. I would be interested to hear from anyone who attended ...Read more

A memory of Harold Wood in 1953 by Marguerite Wong