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When I was about five years old my parents used to take us kids on a Sunday walk. Always remember it was to Stambridge mills. Back then the roads leading to the mill were not more then a country track. On the way to the mills dad ...Read more

A memory of Rochford in 1955 by Mary Jones

Does anyone have any info or know any history surrounding 'Rose Cottage' on Stambridge Road, next to the Cherry Tree pub? I am unsure how long it has been called Rose Cottage and am having difficulty finding out any history. All I ...Read more

A memory of Rochford

When I was a kid about of about 10 we used to swim from the sluice at the mill. It was great for swimming as the current was strong at the gates. Also the beach was more popular, we used these sites till we had ...Read more

A memory of Rochford by Mark Wilson

Although we lived in Ashingdon, my mum used to take me and my siblings swimming at Stambridge Mill. The Cherry Tree pub nearby was where I used to go under-age drinking before I left school. As a very young child I remember visiting ...Read more

A memory of Rochford in 1964 by Don Pepper

My grandparents ran The Red Lion, in Stalbridge for Hall and Woodhouse, which is now flats. My father, who was American and was based nr Stalbridge, would drink in the Red Lion with the actor Jackie Cogan or Uncle Fester from The ...Read more

A memory of Stalbridge in 1945 by Susan Sheppard

Was stationed at R.A.F. Stanbridge as my first posting out of RAF Cosford (Boy Entrant 20th) in May 1955. Lived at RAF Bletchley and travelled to and fro by gary to Stanbridge. Moved up to Stanbridge the following January and lived in ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1955 by John Stevenson

Hello Former RAF Bletchley 'inmates,' I spent a couple of happy years at RAF Bletchley which I would describe as just a dormitory station where we ate, slept and relaxed during off-duty hours from our work at RAF Stanbridge, ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1950 by Walter Bourne

I was stationed at Raf Bletchley 1950-1953 and wonder if anyone out there had a similar exdperience. At that time Bletchley was a signals station with most of the occupants working at RAF Stanbridge but having ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley by bercyn

My grandfather Cecil Brown was born in 1887 at Caundle Purse on Tripp Farm. His father was Albert Brown and his mother was Emma Sheppard, they were farmers all their lives in and around Barrow Hill, Stalbridge and Trent Farm.

A memory of Caundle Marsh in 1890 by Jackie Brown

Looking for anything on the Old Rectory in Stambridge. Does anybody remember the years before it was turned into a home for the elderly. I used to live there as my parents bought it from the church, we ...Read more

A memory of Great Stambridge in 1964 by Linda P Harle