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I can remember swimming here as a child. It was very beautiful and tranquil. It was also unique. I have tried to explain to my daughter what it was like and found your picture on the web site. It is sad also to see photos of it in a ...Read more

A memory of Hayfield in 1958

I remember Bridge Street as I grew up in Coggeshall and was 8 when this photo was taken. The pub sign on the right is for the Portobella pub, which was on the left. In the distance is the bridge over the River ...Read more

A memory of Coggeshall in 1955 by David Clark

Hi, I was born & bred in Gawber. I lived in old back to back house, inbetween Church Street & Intake Lane. No electric, no bathroom, no hot water - did it bother us - did it eck! Most families were in the same boat. Most old ...Read more

A memory of Gawber in 1950 by Rod Firth

August 2013 I visited Shaldon with my family as we are staying nearby for a week. We were hoping to see the childhood home of my late father which he always referred to as Platway. I spoke to a lovely lady in tourist ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon by Anna Davidson

This photo is taken from the old Court House Railway Station at the bottom of Regent Street, the only railway station in this country to have that name. There was a stone viaduct following this plate girder bridge, ...Read more

A memory of Barnsley by Robert Goulding

Hi I see people put their memories on Bournbrook comments, if anyone is interested on Facebook there is a Group called Vintage Selly Oak which is excellent, has many photos on there of Bournbrook/Selly Oak, and lots of ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1960 by Sue Coates

Not quite a historical memory. But only last year I began some serious searching into my father's mother's family. She died when he was a wee child, and he lost touch with her family. He is now 94 years old, and this year I ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 2013 by Lavinia Moore

My mum has a postcard with an address of Carlton Hall, Little Sutton, Chester written about 1912 to her aunty Dilys de vere Potts. Her granny had grown up in Little Sutton, she was a pianist and was called Queenie ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1910 by Jacqui Sheard Charlton

To who it might concern. Being at The Grange in the 1950's was the best years of my life. Being 71 years of age now, I recollect with fondness the staff and us boys and girls. By the way, I've got a ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Ronald Ellington Tully

This photo brought the memories flooding back. My parents moved to Verwood in '57. My dad worked for the De Havilland Aircraft company in Christchurch. I'm searching my memory but I think the building on the left had a ...Read more

A memory of Verwood in 1957 by Alan Langridge