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I, Allen Rix, was born and grew up in Jersey Marine from 1933 to 1951 when I left to join the RAF. Living through World War 2 was hard for a lot of people but for us it was a gat time, even though we had to endure the bombing of ...Read more

A memory of Jersey Marine by Allen Rix

The Church at Kilinian during the 18th and 19th century, if not earlier, was a Celtic Presbyterian Church where my ancestors, the Patterson and McClean ...Read more

A memory of Kilninian by Ian Patterson

I spent many of my younger years in the 60s at Ladram bay . One particular afternoonI took out a small Dingey with a Dutch friend and we did not arrive back until dark Only to see many lights on the beach we jumped out of the Dingey and ...Read more

A memory of Ladram Bay by chrisrichardthompson

One of my very first memories was of a family holiday spent at the HF Cliff House around 1961 - I would have been 4 years old and my brother Stephen maybe 18 months. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea by Jane Lester

I grew up in East Horsley, where I attended St Martin's C of E Primary School. We had no car and we lived nearby so we always walked to the primary school and my mother walked to the shops on Bishopsmeade Parade. When ...Read more

A memory of East Horsley by Diana Johnson

I went to The Little School which was by the crossroads in Hartford. Part of The Grange School. Housed the kindergarten and the 1s. I was there 1964 - 1966. My teachers hers included Mrs Wood, Miss Hatton. The playground ...Read more

A memory of Hartford by Liz Hicks

When I was 5, my family moved to Lancing in 1952, from a flat above Elliott's Shoe shop, Brighton Road, Purley (London), to a rented a shared home "Suva" on the Brighton Road, Lancing - a stones throw from the beach. In 1953 we moved ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by janus2

I do not have that many clear memories from my stay there, I have a defence mechanism of blotting things out from my mind. I do not know exactly when I was there some time between 1974 - 1977. The only name I remember from that ...Read more

A memory of Barwick by Yuri Buxton

I was at Alverstoke Childrens Home as a baby (I remember the hospital within the grounds and the beach being near by) till I left at 16 (1960ish - a Mr Thomas was in charge then). I remember a boy then named Oliver... ...Read more

A memory of Alverstoke by Gina Staniforth

I was sent to this place in the late 1950’s. I don’t know why I was sent but I remember having two separate visits of one month. I was only 4 or 5 when I went, but I don’t have many good memories of my time ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Paul Morrissey