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I lived as a child in Down Road, Alveston (at Barton Cottage - now demolished) from 1959 to 1964 and have great memories of Thornbury. Having no car in those days the family would march down the hill into Thornbury to Mass on ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury in 1959 by Paul Martin

Hello, I was very interested to read the post that mentions Reverend Exall who was my ancestor. Unfortunately I don't know much about him so if anyone has any anecdotes or such, I would be very interested. A. James.

A memory of Hose

On Prestonblog there is a harrowing post by 'Marie' about this place, of which she has only bad memories. It was run by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy who were clearly misnamed. They had another orphanage in ...Read more

A memory of Preston by Mary Rutley

My twin sister and I were born at Church Cottage in 1939. I am the youngest of 9 children born to the Medforth family, 6 of whom are still living. My mum and dad were the caretakers of Brantingham ...Read more

A memory of Brantingham in 1940 by Jean Carr

I was born at home in Coleford Bridge Road in 1935 and grew up there, went to school in Frimley and lived in Mytchett until emigrating to Australia in 1964. In those early days life seemed very simple, only a handful of cars, making ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1940 by David Greenland

I worked for the post office as a "Christmas Casual" in 1962 and the crafty regular postmen dumped all the unpopular rounds on the young students doing a couple of weeks casual work.  I was given an ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills in 1962 by John Howard Norfolk

The photographer is standing on the road just outside Pinner sorting office. I worked for this post office as a "Christmas Casual" in 1962 and the crafty regular postmen dumped all the unpopular rounds on the young students ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1962 by John Howard Norfolk

As a young child growing up up in Kingswood in the 1960's I would like to see if anyone remembers Dennis the paper seller on the corner of Downend Road? He used to sell the evening post and the ...Read more

A memory of Kingswood by Kim Roberts

I was born at Killiechonich and lived there until I was 11. Remember walking down through the wood to Johnny and Morag McColl (a brother and sister who lived at the croft - they were from Skye). Then we would walk ...Read more

A memory of Kilmore in 1960 by Anna Swanson

I remember arriving at RAF Greatworth in the back of the camps truck/transport in mid 1962, I had been collected from the railway station in Banbury fresh from training at RAF Locking. The RAF camp was a short walk from the ...Read more

A memory of Greatworth in 1962 by Martin Hall