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I grew up in a lovely old house called The Rookery in Green Street running down into Sunmead Road. It was one of the larger homes in Sunbury but sadly knocked down around 1964. The house orignally stood ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1952 by Lynn Tatnell

Albert Cant was my maternal grandfather. Other members of my family associated with the company were my father, Sidney Ladds and my aunt, Jo Ladds. My father ceased his association well before closure but my aunt continued ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1950

We Joined Bradwell Bowling Club after I couldn't walk properly owing to a bad accident in Wales a couple of years before. I thought I could manage the bowling. It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon when John (my late husband) ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell in 1976 by Elsie Hollis

Mine is not a memory but asking locals for their memories….. In the field behind me is a cluster of trees, it’s a complete canopy of trees that let no light in below, lm interested in this for my ...Read more

A memory of Navestock Heath by Anthony Du Varene

I was born at Hawthorne Cottage, Trampas Lane, North Boarhunt on May 7th 1957, it was my grandparents' house, Charlie and Marge Johnson. Their son Rod was my dad, and Joan was my mum, later ...Read more

A memory of North Boarhunt in 1957 by Julie Harrison

The Grange at Bitton was the home of the Seymour family, one member of which was Jane, the third wife of King Henry VIII. The village is dominated by its open countryside setting. This relationship arises ...Read more

A memory of Bitton by Paul Townsend

When I was a child, we moved to Orwell Grange, a large house on an estate of 7 acres. The village of Orwell stands on the A603 just 7 miles from Cambridge, where my mother taught shorthand and typing. Our home was also run as a ...Read more

A memory of Orwell in 1962 by Jeannette Howard

I was brought up in Woodlands. My parents owned the Holiday Camp which they retired from in 1968. They built it up from 1927, the year they were married and gradually increased the size of it (on 7 acres) until it ...Read more

A memory of Knatts Valley in 1947 by Barbara Benedict Nee Mellor

My name is Jimmy Campbell. I purchased Waygateshaw House around 1980 when it had been destroyed by fire, and over a period of 4/5years we rebuilt it in to what is is today. We had the 27 acres of land and the ...Read more

A memory of Crossford in 1980 by Jimmy Campbell

I was born here in 1939, three weeks before the outbreak of war. We lived at Hilltop a bungalow built for my parents in 1937. There was no electricity until 1952 although we had mains water. The road outside was only ...Read more

A memory of Blissford in 1945 by Nevile Chalke