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My grandmother, Lillian Kemp, lived at 9 Howard Close. We visited regularly and had the best days running all over the village. Fishing sticklebacks out of the pond, looking for rats at the rubbish dump (!), trying ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1965 by Sue Hibberd

My family moved to the post office in Mytchett Road in 1956 when I was six. I used to catch the bus at the bus stop opposite to go to Ash Vale Primary School. Yes, on my own, clutching my penny ha'penny bus fare and reciting ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1956 by Faith Moulin

We arrived from Sorbie on a cold and wet November afternoon in 1937. The house was empty as our furniture had not yet arrived. However within the hour the lorry (truck) that contained our ...Read more

A memory of Deanston in 1930 by Fionn Young

From Parish magazine - Fittleton:- IN MEMORIAM - JAMES YEATES On February 2nd the Feast of Purification there passed to his rest one who will be long missed in this parish. James Yeates was born June 18 1817 in the ...Read more

A memory of Fittleton in 1890

I went to the sea training school in September to November 1959. It was tough but you had to do it to have a chance to go to sea after it. I remember the food was awful, especially the scouse we had once a week, but I ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1959 by William Westwood

My first memory is of sheep on the hillside leading up to my grandmother's house, and of a curtain hanging in front of the front door to protect it from the sun. As I was only about four years old at the time that is all for that ...Read more

A memory of Nant-y-moel in 1944 by Russell Evan Morgan Thomas

Hello, my name is John Ryan and I was resident at Grays during the fifties - I was in partnership with a long-standing schoolfriend of mine (Billy Watts). We ran the Reliance Taxis for a few years, which was situated in a lane just ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1955 by John Ryan

Whether or not Sparnham House was an old coaching inn (I doubt it) or not, it is noteworthy of being the long-time residence of John Hannibal (or sometimes Henry) Foaden and his wife Elizabeth nee Husson. They were married in the ...Read more

A memory of Ashburton in 1880 by Eric Graham

I attended Park Lane School having been transferred from Barham School in 1948. My class mates included Christine Lemendin (she was a brilliant scholar and always came top of her class), Ann Field who was great friends with ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1950 by John Rooke

Hi there, I am writing from BBC London looking for peope who lived at the Racecourse estate. It's for a short history film we a putting together for May. I'd like to hear youre stories and if you'd be ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Katy Dartford