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The place where I grew up with my five brothers and my sister. We used to play cricket on the green but there is no room there now because of all the trees! There was a shop in those days too and a weekly bus into Hythe. We did not sit ...Read more

A memory of Burmarsh by Susan Davis

I remember reading about The Welsh Collier Llandaff in about 1898 trying for the safe haven of Summerleaze Beach being wrecked on the reef at the back of The Breakwater a year ago she was saved from a similar fate at in ...Read more

A memory of Bude by warspite2013

I have such wonderful memories of going to Bucks Mills and staying in Kings Cottage with my grandparents and family. I used to go over to see Mamie Braund who lived in the old house on the opposite side of the road from the ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1956 by Kathleen Holloway

Just look closely at the picture, sitting on top of the fountain was half the fun & excitement of coming to the pool. Water wings under my arms and the supervision of Granddad Russell I made my first attempt at learning to ...Read more

A memory of Plymouth in 1958 by Margaret Gradwell

I was 6 years old and had had bronchitis and asthma and so I was sent away from smoggy London to St Mary's Home in Broadstairs. I was taken with other young children on a train by a nurse in a brown uniform. ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1957 by Tessa Farthing

I remember being at a convalescent home in Broadstairs at this time. I was 9 years old. However I cannot remember the name of it. I do remember helping to shell hundreds of pea pods ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by davidjohnmurr

Oh, my goodness, the memories come flooding back when I started to read some of the stories. Yes, mine was very much the same as most of yours was. I was taken to Victoria Station and put on the train with a nun. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Adrianne Jansen

Back in the 1950s, as an extended family, we always went to Jaywick Sands for our summer holiday. A regular walk undertaken was along the beach to Point Clear then across the ferry to Brightlingsea. It seemed like a real adventure at the time!

A memory of St Osyth by Roger Pols

My family moved to Bridgend, as my father had a job with British Rail and could not cope with the shift work and travel to and from Chippenham. We moved to number eight Garfield Avenue and next door to Mrs O'Connell and her daughter and ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1965 by Lynn Campbell

Hi all. I used to live in Beech Avenue from 1962-1979 and went to Branfil Infants/Junior School from 1965-1970. Really loved it there. I remember Mrs Tribe, Mrs Warren, Mr Ford (Tall Headmaster) Mr Hill (the ...Read more

A memory of Upminster by Mick Randall