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It's not just the church at Ermington which has a crooked spire.The village has a traditional village inn called 'The Crooked Spire'. It's not particularly pretty to look at from the outside as there is just a narrow pavement ...Read more

A memory of Ermington in 2012 by John Howard Norfolk

We had long warm summers with some rain and all the children could play together without too much bickering, our little group lived in a small area from Wren Street to Ashmore Street. Not all the kids went to St Marks ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1948 by Kenneth Frost

My mother worked for Lord and Lady Rennell as cook in the early fifties - I can't remember exactly when. My father was a gamekeeper on the estate and we lived in nearby Titley. I recall that we once went as a family to The Rodd and ...Read more

A memory of The Rhôs in 1954

We lived in Langrish village, but seeing there was no school there we had to take the public bus to East Meon School. I remember the first and last days at junior school in East Meon. The school building was made from local flint ...Read more

A memory of East Meon in 1950 by Maureen Gartry

In May 1962, I was 5 years old and lived in Amhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. I stepped out in front of an oncoming brick lorry on the zebra crossing at St Johns Church. I was taken to the Kent and Sussex hospital ...Read more

A memory of Tunbridge Wells in 1962 by Nicole Doke

I too have fond memories of Ardwick. I lived in Nelson Place. I'm sure I recall a Peter Palmer, I think he was in my brother Kevin`s class at school, I can remember loads of things, both good and bad; playing in the street, having a ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by Kathryn Mcgowan

I spent my first five years 1924-1929 in Blindley Heath, possibly the nicest years of my life. I may have gone to the school there. I clearly remember Gibb's store when I spent six glorious ...Read more

A memory of Blindley Heath in 1920 by Stanley Austin

My parents bought and moved into what was then 1 & 2 Buckland Lodges in 1959. The cottages were renamed LOWER LODGE after removing back to back cupboards and converting the two cottages into one dwelling but changed ...Read more

A memory of Buckland in the Moor in 1959 by John Elliott

I was wondering if any one could tell me where the American Base is? I know its roughly about twenty miles away from Ipswich. The Salvation Army in Ipswich would be given Clothing from the base (Army or Air force) of which ...Read more

A memory of Ipswich in 1972 by Roland Mitchell

My sister, Mary, was born in 1946, where I was born 1949. She'd take me on the bus from Royston to see some films at the Staincross cinema. The only thing that I remember was that it was somewhat run down but yet had a feel about ...Read more

A memory of Darton in 1959 by Roland Mitchell