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Ever since I was a young boy I had an interest in knowing where my grandmother was born. She was born 1883, the youngest daughter of James William Funge and Annie Hayward. Sadly she passed away in Christchurch, NZ in ...Read more

A memory of Cousley Wood in 1968 by John Gourdie

I was born in Templecombe Hospital in April 1943. My mother was Lilian Game (nee Atkins) and was staying with my grandfather, Ernest Atkins at 13 Silver Street, opposite the church (sadly now the site of a garage). My mother was ...Read more

A memory of Wincanton in 1940 by Pamela White

We soon got back into the routine and before long the summer holidays came along. The last day of school was a big event. That morning we got eggs for breakfast. That was so, when we got home and our parents asked ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

We lived on the corner of the oval adjoining Burnt Oak Road in a flat, 53b, above what was at the time an empty shop. It was wartime and we used to ride our bikes around the empty shop. Out the back was a garden and there was an iron fire ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1942 by Hazel Whatley

We moved from Kent to Eastwood near Leigh-on-Sea when I was 11 which was in 1960. Every Sunday we would get the bus (dad didn't drive then) to Leigh. We'd walk from where the cockle sheds were (dad always had some or whelks maybe ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1960 by Shirley Chamberlain

My mother spent many happy times at Pickmere. Thow's tea rooms was owned by her aunt and uncle, John and Annie Thow. As a child she would help out selling ice cream and serving customers. Does anybody remember Thows? ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1940 by Janice Baxter

My Father was the Educational Attache at the Pakistan High Commission in London and our first home was 10, Limes Avenue. From the window of my younger brother's room, which was located at the front of the ...Read more

A memory of Golders Green in 1954 by Shireen Husain

My grandparents were both born in South Ockendon. Arthur Charles Kettle and Beatrice Alice Kettle, nee Chapman. They were married in St. Nicholas Church on 15th October 1921. They had three children, ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Ann Evans

It was a good place to be living, in Caerbont, I had some real good years there. It was not too far from my grandparent's house and not too far from where I started playing rugby up in ...Read more

A memory of Caerbont by John Fuge

My memory of Compton Bassett is not extensive - to say the least - as I spent roughly a year in married quarters before my husband was posted to Bordon in Hampshire. He was in the ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1974 by Trish Bailey