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Takes you back doesn't it! Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this............ Close your eyes and go back in time... Before the Internet... Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack.... ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Rocks in 1977 by Stephen Rafferty

My parents bought an old railway carriage bungalow at 66 East Front Rd, on Pagham Beach in the early 1990's.  The place was a total dump, so they burned it down on the beach and built a brand ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1994 by Kate Tayman Hammersley

It was either 1939 or 1940 when we moved into Holly Cottage, I was two years old, there was a  thatched roof and it had been two houses semi det, very primitive, dirt flooring, with a huge stone and I really mean big ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by Brenda Burton

I remember walking during the 1950s, from where I used to live in Goldthorpe, up the hill to Hickleton, as far as the church to view the three skulls within the wall of the lych-gate... "Today for me, tomorrow for thee" was the ...Read more

A memory of Hickleton in 1958 by Sandra Turner

This view is EXACTLY the spot where the dancers and musicians of Dartington Morris and their guests Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers performed in August 2008. It ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Gabriel in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

This picture brings back childhood memories of the 1940s. Behind the wall on the left was a Quaker burial ground, a small grassy area on which one was free to stand upon.Opposite the wall were thatched ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1940 by Terry Clary

In the forties, we would cycle past this pond on the left then turn left towards Gt Budwarth [think that's how you spell it], passing a small woodland with sandy banks, eventually arriving at Gt Budworth, down an avenue ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by Brenda Burton

I was so pleased to come across a site talking about 'my' family village of Hessenford. I was also evacauated to Hessenford with my mum and spent my 1st birthday there. This was the first of many August holidays with my Great Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Hessenford in 1944 by Judy Sharp

This was the year I left PC school to go to High School. I have immensely fond memories of school life here and the wonderful teachers, Mrs Cosier, Mrs Brady and Head Teacher Mrs Bruce. Lining up outside ...Read more

A memory of Preston Candover in 1951 by Ena Young

My Grandfather Joseph Wall owned this pub in the 40s I think. Him and his wife Elsie, and my dad James, eventually moved to Ebor Street.

A memory of Selby by Janet Wall