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I was born in blandford in 1943 and lived there for the next 14 years,,, I remember my dad coming home from the war,,, my mother and I lived with my dads folks who were caretakers at the grammer school at blandford while my dad ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1953 by David [ Dusty] Miller

i was evacuated with my mother and brother around 1940 the first time and twice again later during the war. The first time i was about 2 years old and stayed with a couple who ran a public house in cherry hinton so i was ...Read more

A memory of Teversham in 1940 by Maurene Kauter

well going back my gran looked after my self and my brother but as she had to work there was no one to look after us so we was put into childrens home my brother went to another home as there was no room for both of us the name of it ...Read more

A memory of Belper in 1955 by Christina Backhouse

I lived in Station Road no 24 i had the Surname Sheppard back then i moved to the area back in 1964 or thereabouts,went to Leeson's Hill primary school my neighbours to the right were the Sturge family i cannot ...Read more

A memory of St Mary Cray in 1964 by Phil Hill

I was born in Kilburn Park Road. My father was a fireman on the old London North Eastern Railway. My grandparents lived nmext door. My mother was of Irish descent.My first school was Essendine Road whic was just up the ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1930 by Dennis Jeffries

The year i started school at st Gabriels. I remember being carried up the hill by my mother and being met at the school entrance by Miss Cleary! She was a rather fat lady dressed all in brown and wearing a brown ...Read more

A memory of Castleton in 1951 by David Brierley

Strand on the Green was, and always will be an iconic location.  Remember the Beatles film Help was filmed there.  Summer evenings in the sixties watching dusk descend over the river with a nice drink (or several).  A location ...Read more

A memory of Chiswick in 1968 by Nick Beard

My family came from this area in the 1800's. Elizabeth Kenworthy. She met a man named John Beckit. They also lived in Worsborough. In 1856 my great grandfather Arthur John Kenworthy Beckett(Beardshall) Was born at Tingle Bridge ...Read more

A memory of Birdwell by Linda Chapman/Beckett

spent most of ny youth in the Wigton area going to ther pics, chasing the "moats"If you dont know what a moat is your not a cumbrian!!!!! anyone rememberthe little old lady had the shop up I think Water Street(the street going ...Read more

A memory of Wigton by Ray Foster

Colomendy Camp was my first job after leaving school. I worked in the main house as a maid and then went to work in the dining hall of the boys' camp. I worked there for a year before moving on to the Glass Factory in Saltney. I ...Read more

A memory of Loggerheads in 1951 by Jean Linton Schoonover