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When I got out Buckhurst Hill Station and went up the hill, I had at a certain point to turn right. A little bit further was a tiny hospital or something like that. I was 17 years old and from Holland and hardly spoke English. I ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1964 by Tine Kooiman

my dad fred hunter was the 1st cemetery suprintendant of horden cemetery ,my mam eva was a sherburn hill lass until marrying my dad and moving into the cemetery house ,I can recall my mam saying as we looked out of the house window ...Read more

A memory of Horden by benoni65

I lived in Birstwith, not yet school age - 1952'ish - and have very clear memories of my short time there. My father's - Albert Wilkinson - job was to keep the mill water run free from weeds, our home was one of the ...Read more

A memory of Birstwith by jennifercdodds

I grew up in Bothenhampton in the sixties and seventies, and my memory of the place is just like the photo from 1910. We lived at Bowhayes, which was a cul-de-sac, and at the end of the lane there were some broken old ...Read more

A memory of Bothenhampton by Fgtb

I have happy memories of living in one of the prefabs which were very up to date for that time as they included a fridge! I moved from London when I was 6 weeks old with my parents and my sister, Gloria, who was 7. We ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Suzanne Skuse

I lived just round the corner from where the bomb dropped (In County Road) and well remember the event. The bomb dropped beside a tree and there was in fact one fatality of the man whose house faced the tree, he was sitting in ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk by John Parker

I was watching the Ride London-Surrey Classic Road Cycle Road Race today and the pelaton rode up Box Hill bringing back a particular memory, so I decided to look up The Upper Farm ...Read more

A memory of Box Hill

Hi, you have brought so many memories of when I lived in Corwen in 1958 and went to the school on the hill. I remember Mr Roberts teaching and because I came to live in Wales from England and go to school there I was not allowed to learn ...Read more

A memory of Corwen

My name is ERNIE EVANS I started school at little ness school January 1935 i lived in VALESWOOD with my brother DOUGLASS also my sister KATHLEEN I remember in the war time the army had a small camp at NIBS HEATH and one ...Read more

A memory of Nesscliffe by grandadernie

Hello again Mary, I'm not sure if I'm replying correctly to your request for info on Britons Row. If I am and you get this message I have much more info than I first posted below so please send me an email and I'll let have all the extra ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by bill.batchelor