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This view was from our flat at 25 Grassmarket. A memory that lives with me and tugs at my heart whenever I see it. I lived there from 1949 to 1953. Although the area was poor I treasure the time there.

A memory of Edinburgh in 1950 by Anita Razzell

I was born and brought up in East Loftus. My family name was Morris. We lived in Tees Street, East Loftus. We attended All Saints Church, Easington where my Aunty was organist and my Uncle was Choirmaster. My Dad was ...Read more

A memory of East Loftus in 1954 by Kathleen Oyediran

Orton Longueville Grammar School start was Spring Term of 1959. Officiallly opening 1961 Cllr Blake (I believe). The Head master was Mr Woodcock; a true gentleman and fair. School days were ...Read more

A memory of Orton Longueville by Jeanne Cherry

We, the Felton family, lived in Ashtead for many years until Dad retired from running the hardware shop Norman Stores in 1963. That shop had been in our family since probably about the 1890s (Dad was born there in 1907). We lived ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead in 1960 by Susan Felton

I first got to know Herne Bay in the Second World War as my parents used to send me there from where we lived in Feltham to stay with my grandparents on my mum's side to give me a rest from the bombing. In later years both my ...Read more

A memory of Herne Bay by Ralph Burton

I moved to Boreham Wood when I was six weeks old in 1952 and lived there until 1977, spending my whole childhood there and my teens and early 20s. My parents moved from there in 1984 along with other ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood by Eric Oliver

My memories of growing up in Cowfold are of going to school at St Peter's and walking through the churchyard to get there and back! Also the allotments at the back of the school. My mum used to make picnics for us to sit and eat in the ...Read more

A memory of Cowfold in 1962

I was at Duke’s Wood School in 1940/1 at the age 10 years (I’m not sure whether it was called that at that time). I stayed in the ‘Poplars’ dormitory and, as I recall, there was a veranda at the entrance to the dorm, not ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1941 by Alan Bowman

Following my previous memories, it might be worth mentioning one or two of the Colerne shops and tradesmen. On the south side of the marketplace, opposite the 'cross tree', was a shop, a greengrocer's I ...Read more

A memory of Colerne in 1940 by John Bunting

Ann Broadhurst Barber was born in this house August 30, 1834. She married John Petford and came to the United States. Wish I knew more about her!

A memory of Siddington by Roberta Dress