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I wasn't born there but the years I spent in Rumford were some of my happiest. We moved there in 1960, my parents bought a house in the very centre of the village which also had a grocery shop attached. It turned out ...Read more

A memory of Rumford by Barbara Fisher

I was born in 1940 in Danetree Road The Plough was the `local` for my parents. After the war ended,my parents moved in to The Plough and managed it on behalf of the owners,Gill and Madge Turk.The main business was running bars in ...Read more

A memory of West Ewell by littlefold4

I remember the days when I lived on a farm that was owned by Mark Carter from Eccleshall Castle. I had so much fun living in Eccleshall that I didn't want to move when the farm was sold. I had loads of friends and good memories, I ...Read more

A memory of Eccleshall in 1970 by Caroline Owen

I moved to Slaugham from Canada in 1963 and lived there until 1967. I went to school in Handscross and later in Haywards Heath. I fondly remember the fox hunt going through the village each year and Guy Fawks day! ...Read more

A memory of Slaugham in 1963 by Gayle Jones Smith

I was born in White Roding in 1961. In 1968 my family and I went to live in Bishops Stortford. While we were there my father worked as a grave digger and landscape gardener in the local area. I fondly remember going to some of ...Read more

A memory of Little Hallingbury in 1968 by Rebel Evans

I remember being taken to Wiveliscombe as a young boy in my Uncle Jim's dark green Standard Vanguard, he ran the Rock Inn at Waterrow 1954- 1965. He would take me to the toy shop at Wiveliscombe Square called ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1960 by Julian Bishop

Like the other contributors I was a patient at this fabulous rehab centre, in my case it was twice (1973 and 1974) in restoring a mangled left leg following a motorcycle accident (yet another "sorry mate, didn't see ...Read more

A memory of Farnham Royal by Bob Unsworth

I was born in Roddymoore and lived there until I was six, I remember the walk up to the school and the many times we had to walk from my grandparents' home in Crook as the bus couldn't get through due to the snow. I fondly remember a ...Read more

A memory of Roddymoor by Susan Scott

My grandparents Mr Harry Thomas Gander & Mrs Louisa Jane Gander, retired as missionaries in India in 1954, having been in India from 1906 in the Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu and came to live in one of the ...Read more

A memory of Bebington by Patricia Jones

I lived and worked for the west family at upper ifold from 1967 to 1969. I was voted bonfire queen in 1968 I remember being friends with Barry Coote and Nigel Petty?whose parents owned the village shop I remember lilla who ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold by peacheyhowell