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My grandfather (Frederick William Steward) was a gamekeeper and lived with his wife ( Florence )and there 6 children in a single story cottage,it was deep in the woods, we always went for a weeks holiday there,my father always had a ...Read more

A memory of Frenze by janetmains

Further to my previous comment when we decorated the outside of the above last year we found carved in the brickwork at a high level the following: H.W. 1897 We have picked this out in black ink and assume it to be when the property was built and the initials of a Builder

A memory of Skendleby Psalter

I used to live in Farcet Fen in the 60's I was only a small kid so don't know the name of the road But we lived in a thatched cottage that was a tied cottage -again cant remember the name of the farmer but seem to think the name might be ...Read more

A memory of Farcet by landscavanagh

The first two cottages on the left have been demolished. The grey and the white building. The shop at the end is what I own. It used to be a grocers shop, watch makers and a bakery. It was mentioned in the 1861 census but I cannot trace the shops back further.

A memory of Wrentham by steve

Thanks to everyone who sent their memories of Newburn and Millfield, it brings it all back! I lived at 16 victoria terrace from about 1955 until it was demolished. I remembered how overcrowded we must have been in a one bedroomed ...Read more

A memory of Newburn by rosselross

When I was at junior school (I was born in 1946) my maternal Granddad lived in Morley Cottages in Colebrook and worked in the signal box at Plympton Station. I lived in Molesworth Rd, down the road from Plympton Grammar ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by jlhenderson21

This photo brings back the memory of the High Street, I was born in 1946 in one of the houses in the picture, it was between the Horse and Groom pub and the telephone exchange. My gran lived in the house for so long they named it ...Read more

A memory of Chobham by Robert John Walley

My name is Frances I was born in 1948 at Rose cottage which was opposite the Angel pub. I was about 3 or 4 yrs old I was taken over to the pub and sat outside the back door with a bottle of pop. At the back was a farm - not sure if it was ...Read more

A memory of Ferndown

I lived in the row of cottages on Market Hill from 1943 to 1944.

A memory of Whitchurch by Ron Adams

My name is Bill Elleray and I deposited in Kendal Records a collection of old family documents. Ref: WDX/971 They had been in my family for quite some time, some of them pre-1700. They mainly relate to property ...Read more

A memory of Winster by elleray