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We moved to Glastonbury in 1994 and left in 2000. We loved our time there and have wonderful memories of walking our dogs along Wearyall Hill and across the fields at the back of our house then along the banks of the River Brue. ...Read more

A memory of Glastonbury in 1994 by Beverley Thouless

In 1943 I worked on the Great Western Railway and sent by them to Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire as a locomotive fireman.  It was here that I met a young lady whose home was Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire.  She also worked in ...Read more

A memory of Lower Heyford by Roy Newton

I was brought up in Una Rd in the 1960's and 70's. My mother still lives in the same house after more than 50 years. One thing that always strikes me now when I visit are the number of cars. I can still name the people who owned a car and ...Read more

A memory of Parkeston by Richard Webb

I cannot be specific as to the date of the Queen's visit because I was very young at the time. On the left hand side of the road you can see what was at one time the post office but which later became a carpet shop.  On the ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1956 by Kathleen Green

Yes, the Cubbin twins - Alison and Janet. They had an older sister, Shirley, who became a dancer. I was in love with Janet for years! She was full of life, always laughing and fooling around. I never got up the courage to ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Stephen Owen

In this photo is the Red Lion pub, right next door to my Auntie Winn and Uncle George house. Where the white picket fence is, is the end of Auntie Winn's front garden. I remember also straight across the road, was a ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1958 by Joy Taylor

This is Alan Edgar Fullwood's memory and the reference to Slinfold is right at the bottom of this narration: Edgar Fullwood was my father.  He was born in Birmingham England in what is to me the beginning of our history in 1875 on ...Read more

A memory of Slinfold in 1870 by Anne Robertson

I was born in Lower Cwmtwrch in the 1930s, but my memory of those days is not all that good, well a bit sparse! I was born in Brynderi Bungalow, they tell now that a new school has been built there on the old colliery ...Read more

A memory of Lower Sketty in 1940 by Julian Best

My brother and I were evacuated from London to Northampton for about ten months during WW2. We lived in Alma Street, me at No:21 with an elderly aunt and uncle, my brother at No: 40. I remember the meadows at the bottom ...Read more

A memory of Northampton by Ron Large

We moved to Lyminge Close, Twydall in 1960 from our wartime built pre-fab in Wigmore when I was 15 months old. Pictured are the 'modern' post war shops but there was also an older red-brick parade opposite. Out of shot on the right of ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by John Fernandez