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We lived in Tarvie for 14 years from 1987 while owning Rogie Falls Filling Station and Snack Bar. The forecourt was famous for "Old Angus", a sitting statue of an old man in a white coat, sitting on a block of stone. His photograph must be all ...Read more

A memory of Tarvie

my dad fred hunter was the 1st cemetery suprintendant of horden cemetery ,my mam eva was a sherburn hill lass until marrying my dad and moving into the cemetery house ,I can recall my mam saying as we looked out of the house window ...Read more

A memory of Horden by benoni65

March 1973 – Life at the Fairways Dilton Marsh Not too long after moving in I found out that the area near where we lived was in fact known locally as ‘The Tanyard’ and now years later there is a new road where the ...Read more

A memory of Dilton Marsh by keith.poole

I grew up in Bothenhampton in the sixties and seventies, and my memory of the place is just like the photo from 1910. We lived at Bowhayes, which was a cul-de-sac, and at the end of the lane there were some broken old ...Read more

A memory of Bothenhampton by Fgtb

I too was born at Stone Park in 1950. My mother was Joan Cloud and my dad was Joe Mannion. My mother Joan was the youngest child of Elizabeth and Ernest Cloud of 88 Anerley Road, Upper Norwood. ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace

hi, my name is robert [nobby] jordan born 1949 at home at kingsley ave,temple hill have great memories of going scrumping at an orchard near the chalk pits near stone house. now living in australia, still thinking of my child hood sweet heart,my first love ,

A memory of Dartford by bobj491

Wow this brings back memories of climbing - and on one memorable occasion becoming 'frozen' and unable to move up or down the almost (to me) sheer face on the other side of the Stone! Born in Irby in 1945 so it would have been in the ...Read more

A memory of Thurstaston by Daphne Titus Rees

Have done Penmark research as my Grt Grandmother was from Penmark to - Missouri coal mines back to Sefton (pump still there, south and east of 6 Bells). It seems that there is a mix-up between Kenson Cottage and ...Read more

A memory of Penmark in 1900 by T Donn Roberts

I was born in Wallace Street, Dumbarton, August 13th 1959 in my grandparent's (Andrew and Mabel Aitken) house named "Bourtree". My other grandparents (Jim and Margaret Brash) lived directly across the road in their house ...Read more

A memory of Dumbarton in 1959 by Gordon Aitken

My wife, family and I jumped at the chance of moving to Roxwell in 1982 for me to take over the position of resident Police Officer for Roxwell and its surrounding area.  It transpired to be the best move we ...Read more

A memory of Roxwell in 1998 by keithmbrookes