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I have wonderful memories of many summer holidays and of Christmas time, when the whole family gathered to stay in a house called Cestria with my aunt, Nellie and Marcus Webb. I remember a gardener called George, a ...Read more

A memory of Brafield-on-the-Green in 1954

I remember catching the charabanc from Brighton seafront on a Sunday afternoon with my Nanna and invarably choosing the Wannock Tea Gardens coach outing. I used to love going there, it was a real treat ...Read more

A memory of Polegate

We moved to live in Hersham, Surrey, in the late 1950's and visited Guildford quite often through the 1960's. A visit to the Rooftop Cafe was always a highlight for me. I remember jumping from stepping stone to stepping ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1965 by Linda Briggs

I lived in Barnt Green from 1941 to 1961. I attended a tiny school held in the headmistress's back garden - a long shed like building! It was an excellent school, and I left there to attend Bromsgrove High School. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Barnt Green in 1950

The Town Hall gardens was once the terminal for the atmospheric railway to London. A little before my time!

A memory of Croydon by David Roberts

Wondering if there are any records relating to gardening activities in the late 1800s/early 1900s. I believe my great grandfather, Henry King, worked at Hunsworth as a gardener until he was 80 years old. Family story also has it that ...Read more

A memory of Hunsworth in 1890

In about 1972 we as a family moved into West Challow, although with being at a young age I hated it, since moving from Wantage and my friends this it seemed was in the middle of nowhere. I used to cycle most days to Icknield, ...Read more

A memory of West Challow by Mark Clarke

My father was stationed at Chisledon Camp from 1939 to 1942. Living in Littlehampton on the south coast, threatened with invasion, my mother rented the end thatched cottage of the row of cottages which face the railway line ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by Glenister Bruce

I lived in a prefab in Spencer Park. There is a secret garden in the middle of Spencer Park, the iron gate entrance is just off Windmill Road. We used climb into this garden to go scrumping soft fruit. We were ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1950 by Thomas Marriott

When I was a child, my parents and my two brothers went to Bournemouth every year for 2 weeks holiday. I have nothing but happy memories of Bournemouth and Boscombe and the surrounding towns. I am now nearly 56 but I still ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1959 by Marian Hindley