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I was born and raised in Redhill. It was a wonderful childhood and many great memories. I was born in 1941 at Thornton House. We lived on Ladbroke Road, and remember the fish and chip shop, ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1950 by Nadine Campbell

Around the 1920s this building was known as Perry's Place and was located diagonally opposite the Black Jug, known then as the Hurst Arms. It was dismantled and moved to nearby Mannings Heath. It now forms the clubhouse and is ...Read more

A memory of Horsham in 1920 by M

This photo shows my first school where I went from 1945. My father worked in the bakery, which was also a grocers shop.

A memory of Davenham in 1945 by Keith Williams

Does anyone remember a cafe / boarding house on the Esplanade, called Colman or Colman's? It was run by some relatives of mine and I am trying to trace the family tree; I do not know their ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay in 1930 by S Hill

I live in Hull but often went to stay at my grandparents (Bartlett) at 111 Corporation Road, Darlington as a child in the early 1950s and next door lived a lovely family and I used to play with their daughter Catherine. They had sons as ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1958 by Anne Kettley

It's nice to see this old photo of Teddington where I lived, in Church Road, no 38.

A memory of Teddington in 1960 by Peter Heward

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Aunt Gladys had a lovely wedding at Ospringe church, bells rang and choir boys sang.  We had lovely pink silk dresses and everything to match.  Aunt Gladys married Wally Fever.  Uncle Wally's parents lived in a big white house in ...Read more

A memory of Ospringe in 1910 by George Allen

Jacqueline Jackson, if you read this email me please waxrose@me.com  Would your great grandfather be a Harry Hann? He was the owner of Dorset Dairies next to my birthplace in Factory Road, Eastleigh. I went to school in ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke by John Scott

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville