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SATURDAY MARKET DAY IN NEWMARKET, exactly how I remember it as a 5 year old. On the left next to the Rutland Arms in the center left of the picture was a small street called Palace Street. My father was born ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket by Sealia Dean

The first time I went to Perranuthnoe (Perran) was in 1946 when the Warspite was in trouble and was wrecked at Prussia Cove, only to fine it's final resting place by the side of the Mount. In 1947 I married Richard Pearce ...Read more

A memory of Perranuthnoe in 1947 by frith

In 1969, my father, a MSGT in the USAF, was stationed at RAF Wethersfield. While waiting for base housing, we rented a beautifully situated place named Barn Cottage, a 600-year-old converted stable. Our landlord, Mr. ...Read more

A memory of Thaxted in 1969 by Bonnie Wood

Hidden by or almost visible in the trees beyond the large house on the left is a small cottage or lodge, opposite the beginning of Busbridge Lane just visible behind and to the right of the people in the road. One morning ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1944 by Michael George

My grandmother lived in Steventon with her own grandmother around 1880. She was Florence Prior and her own gran was Eliza Prior who by then was a widow and a laundress living in Timsbury Cottage. I have tried to find ...Read more

A memory of Steventon in 1880 by John Howard Norfolk

Work brought me to Scotland in 1975 and I needed to live within commuting distance of the Bank of England branch in Glasgow. Elizabeth and I looked around the south side of the City and fell in love ...Read more

A memory of East Kilbride in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

MY MUM USED TO BIKE OVER FROM NORTH BOARHUNT TO SOBERTON EVERY THURSDAY WHEN I WAS SMALL. She had a small seat fixed at the back so that she could take me too,i had to sit on a blanket as it was hard.It use to take a while and i use to ...Read more

A memory of Soberton in 1956 by Vanessa Hillman(Nee Miles)

As a child who was born in 1924 I lived with my family (name of Rogers) just down stream of the bridge I attended the "Blue School"and St.Lukes Church as did all my Brothers and Sisters climbing the 100 or more steps past ...Read more

A memory of Ironbridge in 1930 by Ethel Jones

My grandfather James Wilson (1868-1950) was headmaster at Carsphairn. His wife was Jessie Allan Renfrew. My father James Callan Wilson qualified as a Chartered Accountant before spending 14 years as a missionary in Belgian Congo. He ...Read more

A memory of Carsphairn in 1955 by John Wilson

My Grand parents lived in Hunsett Mill House around 1920-1930, Grandad, whilst I never knew him  they had the house as a tied cottage as part of his job on the farm.  He had to keep the dykes clear, and that was as least part of the ...Read more

A memory of Broads, The by Eileen Austin