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As a boy I used to cycle or walk through Badby Woods (then lovely-now wrecked) into Fawsley Park and fish all day in two of the Lakes. The Hall was deralict in those days and supposedly haunted by the "White Lady". ...Read more

A memory of Fawsley in 1940

I read with interest Jude's recollections of Silvertrees farm. Could it be the same place that I used to visit as a child on holiday with my parents and friends of the family? Did Mr and Mrs Harris run a bed and ...Read more

A memory of Broadwoodkelly in 1967 by Peter Beales

I went to this school for 2 years in form one and two. I remember one year we had an open day and did performances for parents. All was going well until the headmaster noticed that one of the boys doing ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1965 by Carol Hudson (Nee Hart)

I attended this school in 1952-1956. I can remember Miss Bubbers the headmistress well. She roamed the corridors with her black gown flowing about her. A very stern and not to be crossed head of school. My first teacher was Miss ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1952 by Gloria Friend

I had a boy in my class at school who lived in this house. It always seemed very mysterious to me. Leslie Hoy, I wonder where you are now. We also used to swim regularly at the New Bridge a couple of hundred yards up from Eyot House. ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1957 by Stella Phillips Goree

My sister Pat and I attended Welton School along with pupils from Brough and Brantingham after the 1950s. I am one of the Medforth twins from Brantingham (Roslyn). I remember we had a canteen at the school which served up ...Read more

A memory of Welton in 1950 by Jean Carr

During the Second World War a land mine fell by parachute in Courtleet Bottom, somewhere near the junction with Rydal Drive, I believe they called in the navy bomb disposable team. I went to Barnehurst School, Mrs Mumford was the ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst in 1940 by Bert Collins

I was 9 years old when I moved with my family to Kirkcudbright. My father worked for Sir Charles Hope Dunbar. We moved into his castle and had a rear section as our home. I am not sure of the date, about 1940 the castle caught ...Read more

A memory of St Mary's Isle in 1940 by James Mc Givern

As a boy in the 1950s I went to Christchurch Primary School in Este Road. I remember vividly going to church in a hall in the old church grounds while the new church was being built. The old church (shown in this photo) was ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1956 by Raymond Oswin

My father-in-law was living with his aunt Elsie Jenkins at 17 North Square during the Second World War years. He was in the Navy at the time so he was not a permanent resident for that period. But as a boy he and his brothers ...Read more

A memory of Aberdeen in 1943 by Raymond Oswin