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I was born 1945 at Mason Green Farm and attended the little school from 1950 until 1954 when my father moved on to other employment away from the area to Furness in north Lancs. My sister Barbara who is 4 years younger than me ...Read more

A memory of Bashall Eaves in 1950 by George Appleton

My great-grandfather Henry Dudley grew up in Walton On The Hill, as did many of his ancestors and siblings. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. His father Jacob Dudley married my great-great-grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1870 by Alan Dudley

We lived from the late forties until 1957 in the Council houses at Crookhayes, The fields behind our houses were numerous and we used to enjoy watching the cows gadding about. The hedges surrounding the fields were ...Read more

A memory of Shaftesbury by euphemias

If you look closely at this photograph 3/4 of the way down on the left hand side just past the lady in the white coat there is an old women in a dark coat standing in front of a stall. This is my grandmother Charlotte Delieu. She was ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich by j.delieu

Another memory of Treherbert Ben Thomas' recollection of January 2013, reminded me that he was not the only one who was lucky on that fateful day. A call of nature was Ben's escape, mine was a ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert by 2coopers

Can anyone help me with the following history of Swanwick please, thanks: Who was the butcher opposite Gee's (Willgooses) paper shop. What was the name of the Owner of the ...Read more

A memory of Swanwick

Born in 1947 before the NHS mum was transported to Hitchen to have me (hospitals full in London or too expensive?). I lived in half of a two-up two-down. We had the downstairs. My younger twin sisters and I shared a bed whilst mum ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by brendactucker

Further to my previous comment when we decorated the outside of the above last year we found carved in the brickwork at a high level the following: H.W. 1897 We have picked this out in black ink and assume it to be when the property was built and the initials of a Builder

A memory of Skendleby Psalter

My dad worked for Boots the Chemist in Chipping Norton. He was not concerned just with providing medicines for the human population of the area. Being ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Norton by michaelpeterpeyton

I didn't live in the town itself; we moved to Gwencole Crescent from Burgh Le Marsh, Lincs, in 1963 after my father followed up a work opportunity, advertised in the local press by English Electric at Whetstone. He was ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town by Colin