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My grandmother was born in west cornforth in 1915, her father John Doran was killed in the 1st world war in 1916 , her mother was Rebecca ward, if anyone knows of them, would be very grateful to hear from you, as trying to find out much as I can about my nans family, they lived at 20 moor street

A memory of West Cornforth by soniasoniaw

Hi, I've recently discovered this while doing research on a book I am writing and was interested to hear how many people from Selsdon remember their childhood and, in most cases, enjoyed the village as I knew it as a good place to grow up. I ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by philmunton48

I was born in Burgess Hill in 1947 and lived there until 1971. I lived in St. Wilfrid's Road and went to Junction Road Primary School. Our headmaster was John Freestone, who was quite a well known singer, and a very kind and gentle ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by edean2017

St. Anne's took boys until age ten or so, and in the mid 1940s I was one of those. My mother had been a teacher at the local school where we lived but was not impressed with the school and considered the headmaster a bad ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were all ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

I lived in St Johns Road for my first 23 years, Being born in 1942. For a couple of early teenage years, I did a 100 paper round in the streets around my home, and still get the shoulder pain! This paid for my Thursday Speedway, and ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Alan Jones

In the 1960's I used to call on members of Whithaven Buying Group and Take transfer orders for Plumrose Ltd Products. They were famous for their Chopped ham and pork , luncheon ...Read more

A memory of High Harrington by John Bradbury

Hi I remember my days at St Vincent was fairly happy ones. Lived round in Wilsmere drive in flats from where I left to Get married in 1967. Well a lot of us were known by nick names. I had two - one was Olive and other bean ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Ann Kingsley Edwards

I have an ancestor named Robert French 1545-1590 who was baptised at St John’s, Saxmundham. I have never visited this area before, but will be in early October 2024. Perhaps to discover further information

A memory of Saxmundham by David Lawrence

I was born in 1947 and lived at 52 West St, Lower Broughton, Salford 7. I attended St. John's School for girls, just off Chapel St. My parents were Annie and David Johnson. I had an older sister, Jean, and a younger brother, David. My ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Anne Whyte