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I was a boarder at the convent. I started in the Autumn term before my 5th birthday and remember being put to bed in a large dormitory on the top floor, full of other children with a cubicle for a nun to sleep ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by Marius Rowell

Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the 1960's & 70's his daughter ...Read more

A memory of Brixton by Gemma Gemma

Hello to my fellow Fedsden inmates, whoever and wherever you are now! So nice to find things like this online these days ... I was a boarder at Parndon Hall between about 58 and 61 - stupid gangly blond kid, with my younger ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by Ross Paterson

1962 to 1966, the car journey from Surrey was full of tears, taken by my mother and grandfather, on arrival the tiled entry and the Nuns in full habits greeted us, I was soon ushered in to the hall with promise ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by Edward Rafferty (Jenkinson)

This view is exactly the same as the hotel now looks in 2008 - although sadly the landlord, Robin, died just this year. It was his wish that the traditional music and dancing that follows the Bampton ...Read more

A memory of Bampton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

I have been stationed at Tooting Police Station since 2005. We will soon all be moving to Earlsfield Police Station, along with officers from Lavender Hill and Wandsworth Police Stations. Many of the rooms in ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 2005 by Warren Dempster

I have so many fond memories of my grandmother's house.  The house is on the left of the picture and has two bay windows and is painted white. As a child I would play with the turkeys which were kept in the stables ...Read more

A memory of Royal Wootton Bassett in 1956 by Jenny Sexton

I was saddened to read the blogs of boys that had such an unhappy experience of days as a boarder. I was there from 1951 until 1957 and whilst I also remember the less than idyllic food and discipline, I tend to believe ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1951 by Frank Sharp

On September 15, 1949, I started attending Mount School at the ripe old age of 4 1/2. The School was located in the Market Place. I travelled with a small group of students from Eppleby to Darlington and then on to Bishop ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Auckland by Alison Glass

While exploring my British Roots in 2003 with my then 80+years-old mother we were blessed with the opportunity offered by the owner of the Woolstapler House, pictured in the lower right foreground of this ...Read more

A memory of Cirencester in 2003