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I went to live at 75 macadam square when I was 3 years old, in 1955. I went to Stanhope lines school at the top of middle hill. Then on to manor park school near north camp. The headmistress there was called Mrs Woolner. I ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by phillips.linda

i was sent to boyles court in 1961 for smashing a shop window and stealing a train set,i remember being held down by several older kids]i was 11 at the time],i was beaten up ,i remember the dorms and all of us had to march ...Read more

A memory of Boyles Court by Robert Adams

I remember living in the Nissan huts I thought it was upper Cullen or sometimes called the camp. I went to Gracie’s hill school.I Lived there with my parents and siblings until about 1955 or 1956.

A memory of Hare Hatch

It was the weekend of the Royal Wedding and on Sunday, the day before the May Bank Holiday, our friends in Grimspound Border Morris were in a party mood. Our own group of ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 2011 by John Howard Norfolk

My partner was a regular visitor to Talacre in his youth, we came back with our children who have never been this year. My partner has a vague recollectoin of a bunker being on the beach where himself and his friends used to camp, ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by Marie Doorbar

My memories are of Lofty never refusing to take extra an extra lad in, my son Nick was a regular there, also my daughter Andrea, on the girls' night, I remember the annual camp at Bwilch,Deganwy in Wales, I used to go for Sports ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1979 by Joyce Gill

Holmeleigh Children's Home had routines, each cottage home operated supervised by housemothers and assistant housemother who were responsible for daily care needs of children under their care which could be up to ...Read more

A memory of Horncastle in 1967 by Elizabeth Farrow

While undertaking Family Research, during 2011, I discovered that James Christopher Poyle, previously unknown to us as a member of my wife's extended family, passed away at Marchants Hill Camp, on 9th April 1955. I ...Read more

A memory of Beacon Hill in 1955 by Allan Johnston

I met my wife Jean Izon in Streetly, she was born in Bridle Lane. There was a holiday camp for children from Walsall right opposite. A church and housing estate now occupy the site [Bridle Wood]. Her father was the ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1963 by John Devey

Although I was born in Merthyr Tydfil our family lived in Brynllwyfan Groeswen, we were known locally as Ball Top House. I remember the freedom my older brother Mervyn and I had in the village and surounding area. My dad Percy ...Read more

A memory of Groeswen by Kenny Ball