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My Grandma lived in Quatford soon after my dad had been born, in a house that is no longer there because the new A road was built where it used to be.  Her name was Edith Mildred (Millie) Ganderton, Nee Stealey.

A memory of Quatford in 1940 by Sarah Ganderton

The white building on the right used to be the cinema, or as we knew it the 'Picture House'. My late grandfather George Alfred Williams, known as 'Alf' or 'Little Alf' was the projectionist there for many years - he ...Read more

A memory of Caergwrle by Gill Roberts

My mother Rose Rye was born at 24 Harnage Rd Brentford in 1908. She married my father Arthur Collins, from Strand on the Green, in the 1930s. They lived there all their married life until the houses were needed ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by A Macken

In the 1960s I took my parents to stay in a bungalow a short distance from the Warren House Inn. The bungalow was called The King's Oven, and we rented it for a week. It had been used as accomodation for the tin mine inspector when he ...Read more

A memory of Dartmoor by Rosemary Bennett

Is Limpsfield Manor House & Furzedown Auxiliary Hospital Limpsfield the same place?

A memory of Limpsfield in 1910 by Gordon Chadwick

The trade bicycle centre right of the photo belongs to Friars Bakery. The bakery is set back out of view where the bicycle is parked. It is now converted to a bungalow. The single storey building mid-left, was the ...Read more

A memory of Ospringe

My mother lived in Warminster as a child and had lots of friends in the area. One worked at Longleat and she lived in what was called 'The Inkwell House' in the grounds. We went for tea. There were lots of very strange ...Read more

A memory of Warminster in 1954 by Penelope Welch

This looks like the bridge over the canal at the Addlestone / New Haw border but I can't be sure. If it is I remember my parents taking us there (early 70's) to watch them put in new lock gates. The gates have the year engraved into ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1973 by Karen Rogers

Hi, I am Louise Brown of Australia. My grandmother Ellen Maud Edwards (married name Jefferis) lived with her parents Samuel and Alice Maud Edwards (Searle), at the cliff Cottage on the Peek Estates around ...Read more

A memory of Rousdon in 1900 by Louise Brown

I was born in Worcester and brought up in G Witley until I left in 1976.  I remember the days at the school, cricket and football; the Easter Monday Red Marley Hill climb; walks in the hills and visits to the court; days in the sun; ...Read more

A memory of Great Witley in 1960 by Bill Dallow