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As a teenager living in the Old Kent Road back in the early 1960s, Windsor was surprisingly accessible to me. I spent most summer Saturdays fishing the lock cut at Romney Island. A number 53 bus would take me ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by Derek White

Walking with Bob my border collie through the salt marshes and dunes. Listening to the birds in the marshes and trying not to get lost! Keeping Bob away from people as he's a very cautious rescued border collie. The sense of ...Read more

A memory of Walberswick in 1994 by Yvonne Sunderland

I walked past these houses every day to and from school from 1956 to 1959 when my family lived at Marsh Green.

A memory of Brighstone in 1958 by Bronen Hebblethwaite

Glad someone remembers the Majestic Cinema at Fair Green. We lived in Norbury, just over the border in Croydon, but my Dad was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and regularly did relief stints at the Majestic when the regular ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Colin Marsh

Woolston seems to have played quite a big part in the history of our family, so it's appropriate I guess that as an adult I have ended up living here with my Husband!! It started as far back as my great great great ...Read more

A memory of Woolston by Tracy Thurman

I lived in Stiffkey from 1962 until 1985. My parents, John and Thelma Pearson, still live in the village. I was christened in the local church by Reverend Cullingford and it was his first christening. My dad was a builder just ...Read more

A memory of Stiffkey by Sandra Grimston

My Parents worked for Mr Bertie Allam who farmed at Downgate Farm and we moved into Nine Acres when they were new in 1953. I had a Saturday job at Bowyers when the Stables were owned by the Gammon Family cleaning the Tack and ...Read more

A memory of Steep Marsh in 1953 by Derek Port

I remember my very first taste of independence at the age of 7!! I cycled to my grandparents at The Rising Sun Inn for a holiday - they managed it for some 40 years. I loved that place!! I loved Gedney Drove ...Read more

A memory of Gedney Drove End in 1957 by Lynne Glover

I lived 30 years at Monk Hopton, my mother, Barbara Stoves, was the school headmistress from 1954 until it closed in 1980 (I think 1980). It closed when she became ill; it was her determination largely that kept it open. She always ...Read more

A memory of Monkhopton in 1975 by David Stoves

My dad owned the cycle shop in Wallasey Village, firstly at the Leasowe Road end then latterly Harrison Drive end, the name was Longworths. From 1961 we lived in St.Georges Road (when Piggy Lane was still in existence) I attended ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey by Diane Gornall