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My mother who is Dorothy Tofts (now Dorothy Rouse) was at the college when it opened in 1937. Mr. Tomlinson was Head Master. Mr. Swannel was her music teacher and drama teacher. Her sister Marjorie Tofts got married in 1938 and was the first bride to have her reception held at the college.

A memory of Linton in 1930 by Anita Stokes

I have wonderful memories of Methilhill, I am a part of the wonderful bonar, duffy mears waters michie leitch mcgill gran bonar was our head and was dearly loved and adored by all the family. we played carefree round ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1965 by Rita Bonar

I lived Himley Road Tooting in the early 1960's in Barnfield Lodge (No.3) and exchanged house with the Brownhills to move to 216 Cowick Road. I attended Fircroft school as an Infant and then Sellincourt school as a junior. After moving ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1961 by Danny Blue

The house you can see straight ahead (was Gordon House) was the house I was brought up in. My neighbour lived above the coffee shop that you all remember, I have lovely memories of that house, of that time. It's such a different place now....

A memory of Beckenham

I was born in Sanquhar in Jan 1956, in my house in Deer Park, which is not far from Sanquhar castle. I used to go to the castle most days, go to the top and play there all day, used to play over the brae heads with ...Read more

A memory of Sanquhar by Robert Pagan Gibson

Hello there, I was born at 53 THOMAS STREET,1943, my family go back to at least 1800 and were mostly butchers, lastly around 1900/1914 at 127 High Street. Joseph Gordon was head of family and was a Druid in the Earl Dartmouth ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich in 1943 by Malcolm Gordon

We lived at Bury Meadows Farm, Roading Brook Road, Harwood near Bolton Lancs, by the time I'd written that down everybody else had been waiting ages at Bradshaw School. My sister Janet and I had many happy years at ...Read more

A memory of Great Harwood in 1959 by Dorothy Parker

My grandparents William and Lilian together with their 5 children lived at The Lodge, Chiselhampton. William was head gardener employed by Sir Charles Peers ...Read more

A memory of Chiselhampton in 1940 by Barbara Gibson

I come from Battersea, SW London. My mother sent me to Barrow Hill School when I was 8 years old, I stayed there for 3 years. We lived in dormitories. The head master at that time was Mr Churchill. I had a nice ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1956 by John Scott

From 1946 until 1949 I was a boarder at Court Hall. At the time I was there Lady Poultimor lived in a cottage in the grounds and kept parrots. There were stables at the rear of the house and a full pack of hounds was ...Read more

A memory of North Molton in 1946 by Brenda Mitchell