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I was born in 1947 in a farm cottage opposite the farm house at Cold Harbour (near Swinhope). My Dad (Harry) was a farm worker and we moved to Kelstern before I started school and lived in the semi-detached house opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Kelstern by gerry.crawford

Hello everyone. I have quite nice memories of Hutton Poplars. I was there from 1959 - 1963. My name then was Jennifer Saunders. I was 13 when I first there having come from Woodvale in West Norwood. It was ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield by bashfull1946

david lewis was my great grandad,,born in brightwell suffolk, he married charlotte ellen allan. davids father was also called david,.....my aunt winnie said he came from wales but all the records said brightwell ,,,so we have ...Read more

A memory of Brightwell by Angela Silk

In 1964 I started work as an apprentice mechanic at Selsdon garage, which can just be seen at the start on the right of this photo. The main range of vehicles repaired was mostly BMC though we would work on all makes of cars, from ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon in 1964 by Barry Wade

The Abc; I was a monitor had to keep the kids in check - ahh yes, so many memories. The flats seen at the back, I used to live at No.39 Penfolfd Court (4th floor), and I loved roaming Mitcham. It was always a mystery; the trolley ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1959 by David Buettner Banks

My great aunt, Muriel Dundas Legard, lived for many years in Huttons Ambo. She built a house called Colswayn and then built two other bungalows in the grounds; firstly Mynchon which she lived in for years, then Bardolf. ...Read more

A memory of Huttons Ambo in 1961 by hjlegard

I remember visiting the Dolycoed when I was 17 years old. I was pony trekking at Llanwrtyd and staying in a bed and breakfast establishment and my parents had come to stay at the Dolycoed. My father discovered that ...Read more

A memory of Llanwrtyd Wells in 1961

I remember being in a large austere Victorian mansion across the field from Serota, that was a modern building. Windermere had a large winding staircase and in the playroom there was a rocking horse. I remember playing ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield

In 1969 I worked at Allen Priests Mill as a twister, I also did winding. On my first day I was taught to twist on a Prince Smith, Ann was the name of the person who taught me, I have forgotten her surname, she had a friend ...Read more

A memory of Lockwood in 1969 by Marlene Johnson

This story written by Bee Snow 1928-2007 (nee Barbara Whitaker) about her childhood in Evershot, Dorset. Reared with three sisters, four brothers, four terriers and a jackdaw, I insisted by the age of five in ...Read more

A memory of Evershot in 1930 by Peter Whitaker