Search Results

My name is Viv Bayliss, I was born in my nan’s house opposite the Alexandra public house in 1948. Mum and dad moved to a prefab in Costed Manor then to Pilgrims Hatch. Who remembers Preslands fair and listening to them playing ...Read more

A memory of Warley by Viv Bayliss

My maternal grandmother, born in 1885 in Salford, as a girl worked in the mills. Up to the time of her death in Ladywell hospital, at the age of 93, she always wore long clothes to her ankles and a woollen, thick shawl. When gran ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Anne Whyte

If it was Tuesday and school holiday my sister Carolyn and I would go with Grampy Smith the village blacksmith to Trowbridge market. Having helped harness the pony, Peggy, to the old milk float, we'd ...Read more

A memory of Steeple Ashton in 1952 by Rosemary Brett Green

I used to be the foreman in the garage, I am Maltese, so anybody about my age (67) will probably remember me repairing cars there. The service station was owned by Mr Willetts who lived on the corner of Kenneth Road ...Read more

A memory of Thundersley in 1965 by Alfred Grech

Hi, My family on my mother's side all come from South Harting, my grandfather was Fred Chambers who passed away in 1982, my grandmother is May Chambers who is nearly 90 now. My mother is Linda Dyke (nee Chambers), and I ...Read more

A memory of South Harting by John Saunders

My great grandad, John Scott, was born in Harting South in 1849. He lived in East Harting St in 1881 at census time. My great great grandma was George Martin born in 1807 in South Charting. My granddad was ...Read more

A memory of East Harting in 1860 by David Scott

In 1950 I lived with my parents in Church House - the partially obscured building on the right. Except for three years during the war I lived there from 1938 to 1958. I remember the spire of the church being struck ...Read more

A memory of Cuckfield in 1950 by J R G Edwards

Boy I miss Tongham. Not because of how great it is, but because how great it was. Growing up there as a young boy has to be one of the best experiences a boy could have. I used to live on Northside, number 3, along with my ...Read more

A memory of Tongham by Paul Nicholls

My dad was a young soldier with The Kings own Scottish Borders. They were stationed (billeted) in Upminster around the old windmill area. Before they left for the Normandy invasion, they spent lots of time socializing at the ...Read more

A memory of Upminster by Edddie Kennedy

Although having no connection with Eversley I have been researching a gentleman named James Hindmarsh who I have found recorded on the night of the 1891 Census as a boarder at the White Hart in Eversley. The Inn Keeper at that time ...Read more

A memory of Eversley in 1900 by Barbara Broadway