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I remember the Town Hall at Cowbridge.  In those days there was no one way system around it like today.  The school boy interest was the Merryweather Fire Engine that was kept in a garage at the side of the Town Hall. Great fun ...Read more

A memory of Cowbridge in 1940 by Roy Newton

I lived in Kingskerswell as a young child and emigrated to Australia in 1986. I was 10yrs. I missed it dearly and have fond memories although I forget the names of streets etc. I went to the local Primary school both old and ...Read more

A memory of Kingskerswell in 1880 by Kirstie Bond

My father was an Officer in the USAF. In 1954 he was transferred to Fairford RAF Station, and we came to live in The Cottage, Sherborne. I was 9 years old and I loved every minute of living in Sherborne. Mr. Hooper ...Read more

A memory of Sherborne in 1954 by Barbara Farmer

Billy was a hero to we boys. In the daytime you could go crabbing with him; at night, out drifting. He drove an old open jeep and at times you would see five, six or even seven boys clinging to parts of this ex-US vehicle as it ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1955 by D'arcy Blank

My memories of Byfield, where I lived on the brand new council estate, in Lovett Road, are idyllic. I was there from age 6 to 10, then we moved to York. We children had to walk what seemed like miles, in all weathers, to the ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1954 by Rosemarie Delaney

I was born and grew up in a happy, peaceful village where everyone knew everyone else. My memories are of long walks in a beautiful countryside which could have been a million miles from London instead of an hour on a ...Read more

A memory of Turnford by Geraldine Atkinson

Living in Old Barn Way (#14) I attended Southwick Primary School in Manor Hall Road. A memorable day was in 1956 when a Valiant bomber crashed into the "rec" spewing its body parts (and sadly three of its crew) into the surrounding area ...Read more

A memory of Southwick in 1956 by Brian Langworthy

I first arrived in Llanegryn at the latter end of 1939 along with my younger sister and a lot of other kids from my school (St Johns)in Birkenhead. I was eight years old at the time and my sister was six. We were all put into the ...Read more

A memory of Llanegryn in 1930 by Bob Boyd

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

As a boy growing up in Burnt Oak I remember the barrow boys in Watling Avenue, the hustle and bussle of everyday trading, the people gathering round the stalls, the banter, the laughter, the friendliness.  Like one family everyone ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1954 by Clive Sambrook