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I was in the very first class to attend the brand new Westgate School. My class moved from Haymill Annex on Elmshot Lane. We were all so excited. The 1A students were in Mrs. Evans class and was she strict. She ruled with an iron ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1958 by Freda Loeding (Swan)

I lived with my parents in Zouch Avenue nearby but did go to school with a girl who lived in one of these cottages.  The River Bourne is/was directlyopposite and every winter it overflowed, ran across the road and ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1945 by joan.battershill

The pub in the picture is the original H&C which was burnt down only a few years after this picture was taken. The pub was then rebuilt further back from the road. There are still elderly people in the village who remember their ...Read more

A memory of Gastard

I stayed one night at this hostel in early April 1957. A friend and I had set out from our home town of Reading on a 5 night circular cycle trip - our first such trip. Mitcheldean was our second night's stop, the first ...Read more

A memory of Mitcheldean in 1957 by Steve Elder

Does anyone remember my father Cyril Evans, and his family. I think he left the village around the 1940s at the age of 14???

A memory of Melin-y-Wig by Philip Evans

Is there anyone out there who was at Laleham Abbey Convent School around 1953?

A memory of Laleham in 1953 by Lesley Boulton

My brother, Peter, and I were uprooted in 1939 from our home town of Deal in Kent, to live firstly in Troedyrhiw, then Pentrbach, and I had a short stay with Asaph Jenkins and his wife in Abercanaid. We sucessively attended ...Read more

A memory of Abercanaid in 1940 by Herbert Piddock

Hi Joan, We're trying to locate Susan Whitwell born 1960 while living at 32, Zouch Avenue, can you help?. David Thompson

A memory of North Tidworth by David Thompson

I know this is a picture that was taken 25 year prior to when I was born, yet I still get amazed at the dates of the pictures around my home town! The progression just amazes me!

A memory of Barkingside in 1981

In the early 1960s as a small boy, this was the home of my grandmother and grandfather, Hilda and John Guy. I remember going to visit them with my mother, Cynthia Joan Devine, formerly Guy. I used to love ...Read more

A memory of Polesworth in 1963 by Victoria Devine