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My memory is of living in the farm house at Dunkeswell Abbey with Mrs Trenchard when I was evacuated from London during the second world war. I used to walk to the school in Hemyock picking strawberries ...Read more

A memory of Upottery in 1942 by Patricia Attfield

Re: the Horse & Groom Public House now the Green Dragon Public House (rebuilt in 1920) in Broad Street Bungay. My wife's great grandfather, Thomas Gris (1855-1910), was the licensee of the Horse ...Read more

A memory of Bungay

My Booth family were glaziers etc in Ightham from the early 1700s until mid 1800s. Would be interested if anyone has any photos, memorabilia of them for posting on this site. I am aware that the Mote Farm House has an ...Read more

A memory of Ightham by Mike Booth

I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by Jackie Hayles

Not exactly 1965, but around that time. I was/am the grandaughter of the Bidgoods that ran the PO. I used to go out with my Dad delivering groceries in an old Standard 10 van. I can remember every inch of the whole ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1965 by Gail Mc Creery

I went to Alma Road school and then onto Bexley Lane Secondary 1950 to 1959. I used to stop at the bakers for fresh bread straight out the oven on my way home to Forest Lodge, a large old house which was located ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1955 by Arthur Arnold Luck

The queue of people waiting to the left of the picture would have been waiting for the trolley bus which ran from the terminal at the bottom of the high street (on the opposite side from The Odeon and a bit further down). The post ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by Philip Cousins

I have fond memories of Overstrand, holidaying as children at my aunt, Kate and uncle, Reg Harvey in Thurst Rd - the bungalow at the bottom of the road. My aunt used to ask myself and my sister to fetch a block of ice cream from ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand in 1965 by Terry Court

I have great memories of Methilhill. We lived in Perth but my Gran Cormack lived at 147 Simon Crescent on the main road. We used to stay with her during the summer holidays. Those were the days when you knew you were in Fife ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1968 by David Walton

I was but a young lad of 13 when I were to stay in a small village called Oare with my brother-in-law and sister within a cottage of which was named the China Cottages. The cottages originally had ceilings as low as five ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1963 by Roland Mitchell