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I was evacuated in 1940 and in 1944 and billeted to Admiral and Lady Freemantle's house named Goldcrest on the A287. Does anyone know the year when the present Goldcrest (an old people's home) was built? Is it the same house that I stayed in during WW2? William Heath

A memory of Hindhead in 1944 by William Heath

I remember finishing at Central Secondary School in June of 1957. I played with the soccer team a few times, we wore black and red shirts. I remember the Headmaster was a Mr Harris. The Civic in Hednesford was our favourite ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1957 by Patrick Holness

My parents bought the cottage furthest from the camera in the terrace on the left in 1957; at that time I recall Miss Ansell ran the tiny Post Office and County Library combined in the house nearest the camera with the ...Read more

A memory of Latchingdon in 1962

Was born in front bedroom of 76 Beddington Road. Went to infants at top of road in 1956, remember the huts and playground, it's now a car park. The junior school still there just the same as it was in the fifties. Can still ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray by Maureen Hudson

I lived at 11 Church Lane with my sister Anne and parents, John and Barbara Mawson, until 1978. It was my grandfather's house (William Henry Cazaly) that he bought in the 1950's and had sold it to my parents in ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1969 by Joy Connell

My name is Alan Taylor, when I was a baby I was looked after ( unofficially adopted) in 1941 by the Bydawell family, due to problems during the war. Dad (Bill Bydawell) bought a piece of land in The Drive, Ifold and built a ...Read more

A memory of Loxwood in 1945 by Alan Taylor

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

My parents, brother and I moved to Nanpantan in 1949 and lived on Snells Nook Lane, we were there until 1954 and then moved down to Farningham in Kent for my Dad's new job. We hated to move as we all loved Nanpantan. I had 3 ...Read more

A memory of Nanpantan in 1949 by Norma Hauser

Seeing the photo of the Upper Swanmore Road, reminded me of people I knew all the way along that road to my grandmother's house at the 'top', Jervis Lodge. There was Kitty Clive in the first house on the left, the St Maurs in ...Read more

A memory of Swanmore in 1958 by Rosemary Mc Cray

My best friend lived in Clara; Shirley Greener, she had a brother John and a sister and I was always at her house. I lived in Crawcrook and as young teenagers spent every weekend at the Miners Hall in Greenside. My maiden name was George, if anyone remembers me please get in touch.

A memory of Clara Vale in 1961 by Maureen Waugh