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I went to Wroxall County Primary school from approx 1970 to 1974. The old school which was on the junction of Appuldurcombe Road and the main road to Shanklin. When school finished it was a rush to get to the old bakery, which was next ...Read more

A memory of Wroxall in 1971 by Charin Walters

This is where I grew up moving in when I was seven years old. I remember falling in the beck shortly after moving in as it was just across the road from the school. The locals always said that you weren't a local unless you ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Monkton in 1955 by Keith Wood

I am the current owner of Rosella Cottage which is shown at the very far left edge of this photograph. Interestingly, the address is no longer known as Bridge Street. The cottage has been completely renovated in 2013 for ...Read more

A memory of Rosedale Abbey in 2013 by Graham Marshall

I was born in Woodbine House at the bottom of your 1907 Market Square picture on the left-hand side, just in front of the post office/newsagent as it became.You have a picture of a window cleaner also in 1907 and that is ...Read more

A memory of Colyton in 1944 by Bob Fahey

It was my first post as a carer in Dorking on a working holiday in 1992, my lady and I went for a drive and I came upon this incredible little village of Friday street. I thought it to be the most beautiful and picturesque place. It ...Read more

A memory of Friday Street in 1992 by Michelle Legg

We came to Shaftesbury from Singapore in 1955, when I was 4 and only spoke Malay. We rented part of the then rambling old house called Green Close, at the bottom of a hill. We then moved to 3 Lower Blandford Road and started ...Read more

A memory of Shaftesbury in 1956 by Josephine Morris Turner

I was born in Princes Road (19) in 1953, right opposite Forest Edge in my Gran's attic room. My gran was Annie Surridge. The house has now been converted to a block of flats. I then, at the age of six months, ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1953 by David Killen

I lived in Monks Rd, opposite the arboretum and near to the Church until 1955. I have very happy memories of Lincoln; the Cathedral where I was confirmed along with three other friends from Guides, the Monks Rd ...Read more

A memory of Lincoln in 1953 by Carole Robertson

I lived at no.4 Terrace. until 1956. I Have 5 brothers and sisters; Eira Gwyn, David Alan, Islwyn (passed away), Mena Gwyn, Einion Wyn a Glenys Wyn. My parents were Gwyn & Beryl Jones. They were well known as they sang together ...Read more

A memory of Cwm Penmachno by Alan Jones

My father went to a post-secondary school in Radwell about 1928 for further education, fitting him for going into a bank (his father wanted him to do it, but in the end he never did!). The family records say he went to Radcliffe House, but I can't find any trace of it.

A memory of Radwell in 1920 by Martin Beeton