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Dear Marie, This is Jean Lewis, nee-Howells, calling. It is special finding you on the internet, I have thought about you now and again over the years, thinking how you got on in Australia. I have still got the little ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Mawr in 1956 by Jean Lewis

I was born at 38 James Street, Barking on Christmas day 1965 (25/12/65.) My father was called Barrie Cook, and my mother Maggie Cook (Neè: Coe). I am very interested in finding photos of James Street at around that time, or speaking ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1965 by David Cook

Hello, my grandad and his sister Kathleen were both evacuees from Salford during the war and I am trying to gather information on him and his sister - also the people that he stayed with and where he stayed during the ...Read more

A memory of Scorton in 1940

It was wonderful to read ‘Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971’ including a mention of the catering staff: "The food was always prepared and brought to the ends of the tables in large ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1964 by Carol Wallace

To the left of the picture just out of sight was a bungalow converted into a shop ran by a Mrs.Cooper. The slim white line you see on the right of the picture was a concrete drive over a ditch leading to a butchers, who would sell the ...Read more

A memory of Laindon in 1948 by Andrew Dodge

I have very happy memories of Hazel and I looking after the Eight Bells for Jack and Sylvia when they went on holiday. This was for a few years in the late 60's and early 70's. Most sadly, my lovely wife Hazel, 'nee' Cook, died very ...Read more

A memory of Kelsale in 1968 by Brian Corbett

I went to St Marks. My memory was a teacher called Miss Briggs. She read a book called Albert Shwietser - I might have spelt the name wrong - but you could hear a pin drop as she read this book - just a few chapters each ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury in 1949 by Alex Parsons

This photo shows the back of the York Jones Ice Creamery. The factory was originally used by John Corbett, who built the Chateau Impney, to mine and package salt. The salt was pumped up ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa by Colin Sinfield

Please visit www.moonrakers.com/memories.pdf where you can download my humorous account of my rather mischievous childhood in Calne in the 50's and 60's, called MEMORIES OF CALNE. A copy of this book is lodged with the town library.

A memory of Calne in 1860 by Mike Caswell

My dad was born Headcorn in 1891, grew up in the village. He served in the First World War and, later, moved to other areas in the south. He ceased travelling after arriving in Bedfordshire with my ...Read more

A memory of Headcorn by pashburner