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My Grandmother lived in London Colney for many years I used to go and see her often when I was a child that would be in the early forties, she lived in a cottage opposite the Water Splash there were two cottages there named Davis ...Read more

A memory of London Colney by Joan Matthews

Around 1922 at the age of 17 my Dad , Bill Walker had his first motorbike and every evening after work he would ride from his Fathers garage in Acocks Green to Yarningale Common to meet up with his pal Val Reynolds who lived down ...Read more

A memory of Yarningale Common by kevbrittain

My nan (Amy) and granddad (Fred) ran the post office in Cobtree Cottage Ightham. As a young girl I started Ightham primary school in 1964 before changing to Borough Green primary school in the last 2 years. My ...Read more

A memory of Ightham by linda.rye

my grandmother lived here during WW1. Alexandra "Andy" Carrington,daughter of Charlie Carrington, Marquis of Lincolnshire. The letters written to her by her serving soldier husband, Captain William Llewellen Palmer are ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by charlie.palmer

I was born at Cuckfield Hospital in 1954. My parents, John and Joan Hunter renovated Lodge Hill Cottage in 1949 ish, and then moved to The Senge House just before I was born. We then moved to Chichester House in the High Street in 1971. ...Read more

A memory of Ditchling by juliushunter1

I lived in the war damaged Stone House, Cullercoats which was situated within 10 ft stone walled enclosed gardens, adjacent to Stone House Cottage, fishermens cottages and a big hotel facing the road down to the beach. from birth ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats by dave1payne

I used to love coming to Halesworth such quaint village ..we got off from the train and wait inside little out cove of weighing scales for shelter from the rain. wait for nan to come and collect us. nan and granddad [ Ingate ] living ...Read more

A memory of Halesworth

The liitle boy on the right is me aged 3 going to churchill school (now a house). My mum (Ruth Wilkey) is pushing my "new" brother Mike in the push chair. Mum is 84 now and lives in Keynsham and Mike lives in New Zealand. I am still ...Read more

A memory of Churchill by bob.wilkey

I came to live in the Post Office cottages Bedhampton opposite Coldmans and the Belmont Tavernin 1943, with my grandprents Mr and Mrs Collins, living next door to my Auntie Mrs Dalton. My gran work for Mrs Mason at Masons farm where my ...Read more

A memory of Bedhampton by chascollins123

My Grandma, Ethel Hardy, lived in Gardeners Cottage and when we were young we always came for our holidays. My Mum was called Kitty and she married my Dad and went to live in Hull, but we always came every year to see Grandma ...Read more

A memory of Preston Candover by cromack30