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I remember being a pupil from the age of 5 (1930) to the age of 13 at the school run by the Franciscan sisters at this Convent. The original house and grounds were given to the Sisters by a member of the Courtauld ...Read more

A memory of Bocking in 1930 by Frederick Miles

My maternal grandfather's family came from Cark in Cartmel. The cottage nearest to the bridge was/is called "Beckside". Our family know it better as "Grandma's" house. I've found that she lived there from around ...Read more

A memory of Cark by Jan Byrne

Parish Church Heston where I was married in 1962. My son David was baptized there. I loved Heston. I remember where they had places to tie your horse and also a horse trough. My dad William ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1945 by Jennifer Bibb

I was born in 1937, I lived with my Mam and two brothers Alan and Peter. I went to Langworthy Rd School from 1941-1952. We lived at No. 8 Madelaine Street off High Street My dad was in the Army so I didn't really know him till he ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1940 by Thomas Marshall

I owned this home from 1970 'till 1978, loved it dearly and still do. Although I live in America now I always try and drive past when I'm visiting the UK. It's been kept up wonderfully through the years. Bruce Gowers

A memory of Roydon in 1978 by Bruce Gowers

I lived in Seymour Road, Beddington Corner from 1940 until my parents moved to Carshalton in 1957. As a child I first attended Hackbridge infants school followed by the junior school and finally on to the dizzy ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge by Norman Gardner

I was born in Felmongers then moved to Mark Hall Moors when I was very young. My parents were one of the first to move to Harlow from London and my Dad had to have a job to qualify for a council house. He worked in Templefields and my ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1960 by Michelle Simon Nee. Robinson

My first school was Purlwell. Then I attended Warwick Road School in Batley Carr. I remember the flats being built up the side of Hyrstlands Road. We used to have so much fun going up and down ladders and scaffolding. Needless ...Read more

A memory of Batley Carr in 1964

Was amazed to find this photograph! My grandmother's house was the white-walled thatched building in the middle distance. It's called Robsart Cottage, a 15th Century cottage built to house the building foreman supervising ...Read more

A memory of Kenilworth by Philip Johnson

My grandparents lived in the house nextdoor to the Turks Head from c1952 to c1961. The house was called Woodbine House in those days and all the windows faced the street. The garden was across the street ...Read more

A memory of Loddiswell in 1957 by Gabrielle Churchill