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My family has had a long association with Dymchurch since the 1890s, first at Barn House and later at Grantchester Cottage in Sycamore Gardens. Six of my family are buried in the churchyard and two are named on the war ...Read more

A memory of Dymchurch in 1946 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

My family lived in Wellingborough in the 1960's. I went to Freeman's Endowed School and later to the Grammar School. We were regular attendees at All Hallows Church and I was a choirboy. At some time ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough by pmartin5

We moved to Cruick Avenue in December 1959 but the scene depicted is very familiar, although I would remember a few more cars in the road by the early '60s. We lived at no. 65 which would be back over the ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1960 by Ian Pescott

Although this view of Manorbier Castle dates from 1890 it is the only photo in the Francis Frith collection which shows the nearby beach. I am happy to record our family's day on the beach here and it is ...Read more

A memory of Manorbier in 2011 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born Patricia Gowans in 1957. My mam was Ettie Humble, my dad was John Gowans and we lived 3 Third Single Row with my nana and grandad Gowans. My dad worked at the pit till it closed, then he went ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton in 1961 by Patricia Baister

In April 2008 I went on holiday to the Lakes with my wife, Elizabeth, and we enjoyed a day's outing here. We first took a steam train from Haverthwaite through Newby Bridge to Lakeside where the steamer quay looks not ...Read more

A memory of Lakeside in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

I found a delightful pair of sketches beautifully framed 16cm x 11cm - one of the subjects was a skillfully crafted sketch of the Smith's Arms at Godmanstone - almost identically as it ...Read more

A memory of Godmanstone in 1958 by Adaiha Evans

Swells Hill is mentioned in the doomsday book where very little else in this photo is. the row of a few houses in the foreground are the top part of Swells Hill, perched on the "Knoll" Looking east up ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

I was born in 1965, the year the photo was taken and at the time my dad was a gardener at Parc Howard. I remember going to visit him almost every day, in the summer months, with either my grandmother or mother. This was ...Read more

A memory of Llanelli in 1968 by David Charles

At this time I was a resident at a K.C.C. children's home at Hadlow near Tonbridge Kent. During the summer holidays a friend - Paul Thornton - and I though it would be a good idea to visit London, with very little ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's by briang7jwx