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I only spent the first six years of my life in Great Horwood, but still have many happy memories of it, and have visited it once or twice in more recent years, boring my husband and son with my stories. My parents and I lived on ...Read more

A memory of Great Horwood in 1965 by Carol Butler

I together with my sister was "billeted" as an evacuee in this convent in 1941 at the age of 6. My first impression on seeing the photo was that the wall surrounding the "school yard" (not shown) was as high as I remembered it. I ...Read more

A memory of Romsey in 1941

Hi all. We moved to Debden in 1948, and lived at the end of The Broadway, there were only a few shops open during this time, Sainsbury's, the Post Office, Woolworth's and a Cafe. The only bus ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1951 by Robert Munn

I first came to Glasbury when my father - Fred Whitchurch - became head gardener at the Maesllwch Castle Gardens. This was 1945, when I was but six years old. I went to Coedybolen School, where at that time there were ...Read more

A memory of Glasbury in 1945 by Robin Whitchurch

I can recall belonging to the Colchester Road Gang, we consisted of boys and girls keen on adventures. We used to travel miles with a bicycle wheel rim and a stick and roamed miles around the area, we also had adventures in ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by Leslie Laing

I was brought up the other side of the arch from this picture in Wesleyan Row. (No8) My mother still lives there today. I remember when this was the main road from the Steelworks and all the heavy lorries used to struggle up the ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale by Hugh Jones

I found out that my great great grandparents (Elizabeth and Henry Ablett) and family lived at 11 Victoria Terrace, Hemingford Grey duriing the 1851 census. His occupation was a shoemaker. We visited there from Canada in ...Read more

A memory of Hemingford Grey in 2011 by Sharon Ablett

I have a photo taken in 1959 of my mother outside the boarded up cottage in Mill Street where she was born in 1920. My Grandparents moved there around 1918 from Pontypridd. I can remember that it was down by the river and looking back ...Read more

A memory of Cynwyd in 1959 by Margaret Dickinson

Brought up as a child in Kelloholm, lived in Burns Street, and although time has passed I still have memories that are dear to me. Who could forget Jenny Mulligan and Tib in the post office. I still may have relatives living ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm in 1949 by Raymond Weldrand

This was my home from approximately 1962 to 1974. My parents ran the shop and the Post Office during this time. The days were very long as they ran the shop during the day and in the evenings they made deliveries to ...Read more

A memory of Old Burghclere by Verity Saunders