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My grandparents, H.W.G White and his wife Kathleen, lived at Wheatleys, were my sister and I spent our school holidays. Fond memories of the Hedgers, who lived at the hall. Miss Monk, from the little bungalow at the ...Read more

A memory of South Moreton in 1940 by Susannah Slater

Do you remember those meetings on a Sunday morning when the cycle club turned out for a day trip to Hastings or Dymchurch, maybe to Rye, etc. In charge was Harry Falvis, (not sure of the spelling), a short stocky man from ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1950 by John Ford

My family moved to Blyth in the early 1950s, leaving in 1959, just before everything seemed to go wrong. We had the Traveller's Rest pub at the junction of Regent Street and Thompson Street. On the other ...Read more

A memory of Blyth in 1959 by Tony Steadman

I was born in Llandybie in 1945 at number 9 Woodfield Road.  My mother and father were Bronwen and Harold Owen and I have two sisters and one brother.  The only neighbours names I can recall are Mr and Mrs Tudge(?) although I ...Read more

A memory of Llandybie by Alun Owen

I lived in the white houses up Union Hall Road as a lad growing up. I went to school at the bottom of Lemington (Infant) then next door to (I think it was called) Newburn Hall, then to Waverley Cres, then we moved up to Claremont County ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1959 by Alan Taylor

I was born and raised in Frome, West End and then we moved to Green Lane.  We emigrated to Canada, I did not want to leave Frome at all. I still miss home!. The pretty streets and the steep hills. I can remember swimming in the ...Read more

A memory of Frome in 1972 by h_mcfadden

I attended Rosary Priory in the fifties - I started there in September 1952 and left in December 1958 when we moved to Woking. My name was Jennifer Stirling. I remember the strict nuns and the uniform with the blue & ...Read more

A memory of Bushey Heath by Jennifer Lunn

In 1952 this beautiful hotel was owned by the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society (SCWS) and represented a weekend retreat for people who could afford it. I'm not very sure what that meant but that's how it was told ...Read more

A memory of Bridge of Allan in 1954 by Alastair Macdonald

I worked as the kitchen porter at The Castle Inn, Lulworth in 1966. I was nineteen years old and thought it would be good to spend the summer by the coast. As I thought of myself as a bit of an artist I would have ...Read more

A memory of Lulworth Camp in 1966 by Barry Hawgood

We used to live in Hempstead Street. My granfather was the local milkman. I often rode on the back of his horse and cart, does anybody remember this, or have photos of 20 or 22 Hempstead Street? I would love to have just one.

A memory of Ashford in 1952 by Marion Foster Neerowsell