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I lived at No 3 Llanfaes Estate from being 6 weeks of age. Our home was one of thirty prefabs built after WW2 for workers at the Saunders Roe factory that was built during the war to service and modify flying boats. As a child I remember ...Read more

A memory of Llanfaes by David Mills

My grandfather was born in Marchington Woodlands (Thomas Foster) at Knypersley Hall in 1871 which his father John Foster was renting until about 1905 when following 2 years of cattle foot and mouth (no compensation in ...Read more

A memory of Marchington in 1890

So many memories, where to start? I was born 1961 and grew up in The Crescent, just off Weyhill Road.......the rattling trains full of gravel making the house shake, the outside toilet (visits in the middle of the night in ...Read more

A memory of Andover by Kim Burnett

What a great place this web site is. I certainly love the Burnt Oak as I knew it between 1947 and 1969 when I then emigrated to SA (since back in Weston super Mare). All the memories you folk have mentioned are mine too. I ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by Fred East

During the late 1950s my parents moved to live on Bremner's Farm - an apple farm at that time, in Little Baddow. On getting my first bicycle - a black, woman's bike, I use to cycle all over this area - Riffam's lane, Graces ...Read more

A memory of Little Baddow in 1958 by Martin Bradley

In the forties, we would cycle past this pond on the left then turn left towards Gt Budwarth [think that's how you spell it], passing a small woodland with sandy banks, eventually arriving at Gt Budworth, down an avenue ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by Brenda Burton

I was so pleased to come across a site talking about 'my' family village of Hessenford. I was also evacauated to Hessenford with my mum and spent my 1st birthday there. This was the first of many August holidays with my Great Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Hessenford in 1944 by Judy Sharp

I was a boarder at St Michael's from late 1947 to 1953. The church was bordered by the Golden Valley on one side and woodlands on the other. I remember sketching Tawstock Church and getting a commendation for my efforts. We used ...Read more

A memory of Tawstock in 1947 by Chris Perkins

Close to the Grand Union Canal which runs through Cassiobury Park is a splendid miniature railway. It loops through woodland, has level crossings over footpaths and criss-crosses several lines before returning to ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 2002 by John Howard Norfolk

My name is Monica Sekulka, I lived at Oaken Royd, Triangle, on the Norland side of the valley. Our house was one of 8, back to back - which the local council decided to demolish in their haste for modernity sometime ...Read more

A memory of Triangle in 1956 by Monica Sekulka