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I was born in Crosby in 1958 and lived in Endbutt Lane for years, not far from the Endbutt Hotel. I had very mixed memories some happy, a lot sad. St Peter & Paul's school, friends Marie G, Susan C, Jeanette and Pat F, horse riding ...Read more

A memory of Crosby in 1969 by Cathy Joseph

I worked at Moorlands with Chef Freddie Davis, a Basque Chef, great man, brandy and a garlic clove before we started the day, had a pastry cook who drove an Austin Champ. I believe the manager was called Smith. Freddie gave me a ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1967 by Julian Edgecombe

This photograph shows "The Old Quay" which was a medieval construction inside the outer arms of the Newlyn Harbour. Behind the Old Quay is the South Pier and the extreme end of the North Pier shows to the left of the picture ...Read more

A memory of Newlyn in 1955

Firwood 1958 our family came from the US to settle our Aunt Ethel & Uncle Edmund Smyth's estate Firwood. Edmund had been the 1st Bishop of Lebombo, Africa & Ethel had been a missionary & painter. Firwood had a dairy on the ...Read more

A memory of Brownshill in 1958 by Terri Smyth

Just wondering if anyone knows what happened to Pinchaford riding stables in Haytor? I seem to remember heading up to the Rock Hotel circa 1973/74/75 for a shandy! Some of the very best times... Ii remember Caroline ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1974 by Caroline Scoular

My memory of Blackwater started when I was 14, for those of you who don't know what the Old Manor was, it was a transport cafe, which stood on what is now a supermarket site, on the right, at the junction with Rosemary Lane. In ...Read more

A memory of Blackwater in 1960 by Graham Davis

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

As a young child I can remember several holidays taken at the Warners holiday camp at Seaton. The serious business of 'motoring down to Devon' was never taken lightly, lunch was prepared the night before to be eaten at Stonehenge, where ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1965 by Michael Gough

In 1950,1951 and 1952 I spent two months summer holidays/year at the Lodge. The house belonged then to Mrs Webster. Her daughter Annet had married Mr. (first name forgotten) Nickisson. Together they ran a riding school. I ...Read more

A memory of South Warnborough in 1950 by Eric Denzler