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I moved to Outwood 10 years ago to work at the Bell Inn. With its own unique charm I was taken with it from the moment I entered. Originally run by a Mr. John Lane the pub was sold a few years later to a private investor and was sold ...Read more

A memory of Outwood in 2008 by Iain Waterfield

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

My wife Elizabeth and I went to Babbacombe on 1st April to give our granddaughter Anna a treat on her second birthday. We spent almost the whole day in Babbacombe Model Village which is close to the top of ...Read more

A memory of Babbacombe in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

My name is Mary and on the 25th September 2007 I discovered Tow Law! Having spent 64 years of my life only knowing my birth name was McGurk on that morning to my eternal joy I found all I had ever wanted...my birth family in Tow Law. This village that I love dearly will be in my heart forever.

A memory of Roddymoor in 2009 by Mary Seagrave

I moved to High Lane with my parents when I was 15 in 2000. It was a tiny old fashioned village, so tiny infact that there was only one house and everybody in the village lived there. There was one village shop (run by Tubbs and ...Read more

A memory of High Lane in 2000

Having lived in the general area for 67 years, today my wife and I visited the hidden village of Tyneham for the first time, and what a wonderful suprise. The village nestles between the hills above Worbarrow Bay and ...Read more

A memory of Tyneham in 2009 by Michael Donohue

The Old School House was the village school, which opened in 1868 and closed in 1960. The school was built by the landowner using the local blue lias stone. The windows were reclaimed from the Abbey, as were corbals and other ...Read more

A memory of Muchelney in 2008 by Stephen Baker

Today, whilst visiting my mother who lives in the village I decided to park my car and walk through the village, a trip down memory lane. I was disappointed to see that many familar places no longer looked the same, there ...Read more

A memory of West Chiltington in 2008 by Carol Spicer

My wife and I spent two months living in Melrose the summer of 2001. It was our home base as we travelled throughout the borders and the rest of Scotland. We chose Melrose for it's charm and convenience and rented Bow ...Read more

A memory of Melrose in 2001 by Al Short

We had the priviledge of staying in Muchelney during December 2007! What a discovery! We stayed in a beautiful cottage, had lovely hosts. As visitors from Africa, we experienced our first real heavy frost. The pools of water ...Read more

A memory of Muchelney in 2007 by Susan Neethling