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I was very fortunate to spend my childhood in Lepe. My mother and father worked at the big house as housemaid and chauffeur to Lady Dilke, we lived on the grounds in the bungalow. We had 8 happy years there. I went to Exbury infant and ...Read more

A memory of Lepe in 1948 by Hilary Williams

This is a westward looking view of Monkton Road and from what I can remember from my childhood, the building on the left with the bicycle outside was Danters fish & chip shop. Mr. & Mrs. Danter were very ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1970 by Andy Finn

St. Andrew's Church behind the market place was a church where Princess Elizabeth, who became Queen Elizabeth the 1st often prayed. She sometimes lived at the old palace that became Pearsons and I was told that there ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Roger Davis

Every year from 1968 to 1975 we used to make the annual pilgrimage from our home in Saddleworth near Huddersfield to the Casle Rock. In the early days, before the motorway was built, it used to take us two days with an ...Read more

A memory of Mortehoe in 1970 by David Haigh

Started school at the wee primary, then Uphall and Broxburn Acadamy. It was a fab place to grow up in and have lots of memories of my years there.

A memory of Uphall Station in 1960 by Sheena Paterson

I was astonished to see today in Google (Streetview) the name 'A.T. Roberts' on the fascia of a company building close to Bushey Station. I was a 16-year-old apprentice there in 1941, with Mr A T Roberts as my ...Read more

A memory of Bushey in 1941

My mom lived in the shop at Shelf Roundabout but moved away to Bradford, I think when she met my dad. When I was 8 my mom, now on her own, must have felt the pull back to Shelf and brought me and my sister, Linda to live ...Read more

A memory of Shelf by Stephen Lines

Does anyone else remember Phillips the Mapmakers in Victoria Road, North Action? I started there straight from school as a trainee (cartographer). I was only there 6 months before the bright lights and ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1964 by Susan Coleman

Hello Does anyone remember my lovely grandfather, Percy Plant, he lived in Dormanstown, a huge strapping fine man. He was the swimming instructor at Redcar Baths, he was also a tourist ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1975 by Sue Francis

I wonder what ever happened to Linda Winters and her sister. Their father had a shop in Green Street and also worked at the Dorchester hotel.

A memory of East Ham in 1957 by Brian Williams