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Fittleworth Mill 1950s

I have loved this view of the Mill ever since first discovering it as a young man of 17 or so in the early 1950s, and I have a virtually identical photograph of my own taken at that time. Sadly however I found on a ...Read more

A memory of Fittleworth in 1954 by Ian Newton

Family History

My grandfather John Bartholomew was born in Duntarvie Caastle in 1848. Because of the spring line which went throught the "field" the house was wet and eventually the estate built a new farmstead - Duntarvie. This was ...Read more

A memory of Duntarvie Castle in 1860 by Richard Widdowson

History

This brings back memories of my Grandmother Daphne telling me how her father's company was responsible for building the war memorial and gardens. Wadcrete, which was based over on the Purley Way (adjacent to the Croydon (London) ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton by Danielle Russell

Evacuees

My brother and I were evacuated to Mansfield Woodhouse in 1940 from Southend. We came with our school, London Road Primary School, and some of our teachers including the wonderful Miss Whisker. We lived with various families - ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield Woodhouse in 1940

My Memories Of Mitcham And The School Cruise Which Made News In The Cinemas

I was born in the nursing home in Colliers Wood, the home was called Woodlands. My mother and father moved to Glebe Court Mitcham when i was six years old and I lived ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by Diane Toplis

Holmby House Sanderstead Road

I spent the first 7 years of my life living in the entire bottom half of Holmby House on Sanderstead Road. It was owned by the garage below it (which I now understand is a Skoda dealership) and my Dad rented it as ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead in 1980 by Beverley Reeve

Ivy Hatcha Free Childhood 50 Years Ago

We - my parents and their five sons - lived at Beaconsmount, a house formerly owned by the Maules and before them, the Staggs. We moved to Ivy Hatch (opposite the 68 bus stop at the Sevenoaks end of the ...Read more

A memory of Ightham in 1960 by Brian Parsons

Great Horton Industrial Society Ltd

We have just acquired a silver teapot with the following inscription:- Presented to Mr L A Drake by the EMPLOYEES of the Great Horton Industrial Society Ltd February 7th 1899. It is a beautiful antique ...Read more

A memory of Great Horton in 1890 by Jeanette Walker

Summer Holidays

or thereabouts. Blackcurrant picking somewhere in the Drayton area, the smell of them today knocks 60 years off my age. Used to go fruit-picking during the Summer holidays with Janet Basham who lived on Highland Road, ...Read more

A memory of Drayton in 1949 by Pat Bye

Memories Forever

I lived in Hepworth for 26 years, it broke my heart to move away, there are so many memories there for me; first the church I was christened in 1970, confirmed there in 1986 and was in the choir for many years, me and my ...Read more

A memory of Hepworth in 1976 by Julie Small

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