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Does anybody reading this remember Tom Varley's steam museum/bonfire nights in the big brick barn with the music from the engines and parch peas, hotpots and bonfire on top of the hill. Or the little pool in the ...Read more

A memory of Gisburn in 1976 by Patricia Breakell

I spent my youth living just around the corner form the Hall. Many happy memories playing in the surrounding woods and snow permitting sledging down the steep hill just in front of the photo. You had to pull up really ...Read more

A memory of Middleton in 1968 by Ivan Walsh

It was indeed interesting reading Roger Barden's account of Lamberhurst, but feel he has left out a few salient points. Of course Curtis the newsagents and Avards the bakers with the ever inquisitive Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Lamberhurst in 1960 by Mike G. Beech

I was stationed about the USS Canopus, and lived with my wife and son... and then daughter... on the second floor of the wonderful old house known as Joppa. I have a ton of photos, as well as a ton of memories. Another Canopus family ...Read more

A memory of Innellan in 1974 by First Name Last Name

I was born in 1938 but came to live in Denham in 1948.  My dad was then the local Police Sergeant, Sid Smith and my mum, Hilda, was a member of the Mothers' Union and Women's Institute.  I remember going to school on Cheapside ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1948 by w.m.smith

The centre of Trecwn lies in a valley within say, two kilometres of three ancient hill settlements. I visited one which had a "roadway" entrance carved or hacked through the rock. At the time I felt I wanted to know more of life in that ...Read more

A memory of Trecwn

Who can forget the grim start to 1947?  I was one of those arriving at RAF Padgate in March when after barely 2 weeks induction we were all sent back home and the place virtually shut down. No heating, washing in ice ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1947 by Brendan Sheehan

I remember Gittens high class grocery shop when it was in Hill Street, it then moved to 10-12 High Street, moving into Shakespears hardware shop. What I remember most was the aroma of the coffee being ground in a special machine. ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill by Mary Myers

I was 10 when I was sent from my home in Bognor Regis to the Unitarian Church's holiday camp at Great Hucklow for three weeks. Since I was the only child from the south of England, I was frequently teased about my ...Read more

A memory of Great Hucklow in 1951 by Josephine Hammond

Totnes provides lovely late night Christmas shopping evenings each December when the High Street and Market Square are decorated, the shop windows have illuminated Christmas displays and stay open late and the place is ...Read more

A memory of Totnes in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk