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My family moved to Bishton in 1945 when my father began working at Bishton Signal Box. Because of the returning soldiers, few houses were available in the Newport area so we settled at Bank Cottage, Bishton. The cottage ...Read more

A memory of Bishton in 1945 by Bob Stinchcombe

My parents were one of the first people to live in King Henry's Drive, in the year 1951.  The houses had only just been built.  I remember a lot about New Addington. There was a gypsy camp right at the end of the road, and I ...Read more

A memory of New Addington by Susan Francis

My mother and I spent the war years in Crowlas, we lived in a thatched cottage down a lane behind the Star pub. You went through a farm which was owned by a Mr Richards. We had to get our water from a stream and well.   There was a row of ...Read more

A memory of Crowlas in 1940 by Ronald Parris

Just off the main road was Jones Shop - I remember as we went there to get free sweets if we played the violin. All I could do was Tinkle Little Star. There was a clothes shop on the main road, a butchers, hairdressers, and post ofice ...Read more

A memory of Llangynwyd by Christopher Davies

What a great site this is – I love sharing everyone’s memories. It brought back my childhood and names I had forgotten. I moved from Scotland to Mitcham in 1946 when I was four. Mum, Dad, my sisters Margaret and Florence and me all moved ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Betty Brock

As a child I lived in the cottages opposite the Post Office, we moved when I was around 9 years old and the houses were later pulled down. My memories of living there were very happy and I remember every year standing out front ...Read more

A memory of Pyecombe by Jennifer Watson

When I was 6 years old my brother Ken and I went to live at Kenward, the Dr Barnardo's home in Yalding. It was a fantastic house and I can still remember the lay out of it. We had a wonderful childhood there. We had 'aunts' in the local ...Read more

A memory of Yalding in 1952 by Margaret Cadger

I attended Sunday School in the 1960s at St Peter's School, Caverswall and my teacher was Mr Harp. He was a great inspiration to me as a budding historian and he sometimes took us to visit the castle and taught ...Read more

A memory of Caverswall in 1960 by Margaret Boden Heaume

I remember, in what must have been June 1944, when myself and our neighbours the Brays were watching what seemed like an endless stream of lorries loaded with soldiers coming down the hill (High Road) and on to somewhere, with ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1944 by Colin Mackenzie

I think my father's birth family the Harts may have lived in this house. Does anybody know any history of the occupants of the house?

A memory of Newton