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Weaverham was a quite place to live and even bring up a family. I don't live there any more but some of my family do, Maddock and Moreton. When I was growing up there we lived on St Mary's Avenue, just off Farm Road. A few months ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham in 1984 by Gareth Maddock

My memory is of working on nights at St Joseph's nursing home for people with learning disabilities. I co-ordinated the nursing assistants. At first it was an old building and then three new units were built after the ...Read more

A memory of Freshfield in 1986 by Valerie Mc Cumiskey

Hi We lived in Fairy Cross at Keepers Cottage, it used to belong to the Pine Coffin family, for a number of years, very happy there.

A memory of Fairy Cross in 1982 by Paul Kirby

I purchased Outlands in 1987 for £70,000, it was and still is my dream home with so much potential, we are still on generator and spring water, the river Camel with salmon and trout fishing is on one boundary and a stream on another ...Read more

A memory of Bodmin in 1987 by David Newton

I spent an enjoyable month in Spring 1988 working for Kettering Careers Office as part of my training during a post grad year for my Careers Guidance Diploma. I remember Tresham College, lovely shops, ...Read more

A memory of Kettering in 1988 by John Howard Norfolk

It's twenty five years gone March since the miners' strike but it does not seem like five minutes to me and my family. I remember it like it was yesterday. Many families ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1984 by Karen Surtees

My late father and mother-in-law used to love their holidays on the Isle of Wight and particularly enjoyed their times at what they called Totland Tea Gardens. Would anyone have any recollection of this place? I would be ...Read more

A memory of Totland Bay in 1985 by Sarah Woodin

I moved to Blandford to take up a new position, at the time the extension of the hospital was near completion. The hospital was very much a community orientated place where local people were employed and cared for local ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Forum in 1984 by Helen Nee Taylor

This is the stretch of the Parade past the Donkey Stand and Balcony House, the Copper Grill restaurant is in sight before Little Lane at the side of the famous Nicholl's ice cream shop. The Copper Grill is now some kind of tandoori, ...Read more

A memory of Parkgate in 1980 by Stuart Hill

I worked in Woolworths, met a lot of people, was so sad when it closed, turned out to be Iceland. I have a lot of good memories of Ealing.

A memory of Ealing in 1983 by Julie Bennett