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This goes back a long way, I think around 1950. I was a pupil at King's School in Rochester and used to live just off Brompton Farm Road. My parents used to allow me to sleep in the garden (an adventure ?), I ...Read more

A memory of Gadshill by Nigel Hinton

Back in 1968 when the Kings Arms was going strong it was my favourite pub to go to? The Landlord was a guy called Jim and his wife Carol, a youngish couple, I don’t remember their surname. They were often assisted ...Read more

A memory of Weldon by Laurie Church

I would have been at The Grange from c59-65 (Lexie Irving), big sister Sally from c53-64 and my younger brother, Richard c63-65 when we moved to Cheshire. The overall memory is definitely positive. Ok so the big double doors to the ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn by Lexie Gower

We lived on Normanshire Dr early 60s. Went to school on the New Rd then to Wellington Ave; at that time Wellington Ave boys and girls were separated. Loved the fish and chip shop and Rossi's ice cream. Went to the ...Read more

A memory of Chingford by Robert Gainford

I have just discovered this site and it was with great pleasure that I read the kind contribution of locals who were born and raised in Waterlooville. My late father was born there in 1916, at The Pines (now a ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville by Tracy Baldwin

Living in the outlying village of Doddington, Sittingbourne was our nearest town for shopping, services and entertainment. My Parents ran a children's home in Doddington at the top of Chequers Hill from about 1949 to ...Read more

A memory of Sittingbourne

In 1960, Mick Turner and 8 other tradesmen purchased land behind the Sunninghill Post Office, called HighClere, where they drained the lake and built 9 bungalows. It took 3 years working every spare hour outside of their ...Read more

A memory of Sunninghill by Chris Turner

I remember staying for a week at Burnmoor Lodge back in the 1950's when it was owned by the Covenanter Union who ran outward bound type courses for young Christian lads. We had to get the Eskdale Railway to Boot and walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Burnmoor Lodge by Colin Roy

We moved to Eastry when I was 2...now 60 years ago ....We lived in the house on the Premiere Garage High Street which was over the road from the newsagents called Bickers. As kids we played in the wood of Boystown behind the garage. ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Julie

I was with a group of 8 friends who walked the Cleveland Way some years ago in June. Unfortunately, it was the wettest June for years! The plan that day was to walk from Runswick Bay to Whitby, some 8 miles. We had booked to ...Read more

A memory of Runswick Bay by julie.thompson52