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It must have been in the 60`s. We stayed in a caravan and loved it all. Flying a kite or playing football then walking along the sea wall and having a swim. We always walked to the funfair in the evenings where I ...Read more

A memory of Canvey Island by Brinley Jones

My mother, Queenie Grounds, was the headmistress of Lynfield House School from 1946 until 1953, when we moved from Lynfield to The Homestead at the top of Sandringham Road, where it met Lynn Road. ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1946 by Valerie Curtiss (Grounds)

I can remember most of the shops here. The off-licence, Stowells; where Robert Harlow and his family lived and served. Then Draytons, the sweet shop - Mr Drayton had rather red cheeks! Then there was Lings, the post office and ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1960 by Paula Kent

One of my biggest memories is playing British bulldog and when the South African Navy came to build the swimming pool also the Christmas pantomines we used to go to at the various navy bases. Do you remember that massive ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1964 by Lindsay Anne Alexander

I first visited this church in 1957 while visiting my uncle from Halstead. My father's family came to Canada from Little Maplestead in the early 1900's. Two of my uncles are listed on the plaque of servicemen from WW1. Several relatives are buried there.

A memory of Little Maplestead by Mal Binks

I was born in Ebbw Vale in 1953, my family name is Price. I remember being on holiday at my grandfather's and grandmother's house - it was called The Slate House in New Town, I believe. My grandfather's nickname was ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1960 by Robert Price

To anyone living in and around Hanwell, Cuckoo School was the edifice which overlooked many of our homes. The school where Charlie Chaplain was sent as a boy had a gothic and slightly spooky appearance. ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1963 by Janice Hopwood

Hi all, was wanting to know more about North Seaton as my beautiful mum was born there. She was born in 1919 and passed away 2 years ago. She was the only child of Robert and Margaret Johnson who migrated to Australia when she ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton by Wayne Toohey

Hi from New Zealand, so good to see this site, found quite by accident. I was born in Oldchurch Hospital in 1946 and spend my childhood living at Laburnum Walk, Elm Park. Ayloff School was my first memory, crossing ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1946 by Barbara Bailey (Nee Fox)

In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952