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I was born in my Grandparents house - "Wimbourne" - in the valley below the Mill. Many pleasant hours have I spent sitting in the kitchen with my grandmother shelling peas that granddad had grown in the garden. The Mill ...Read more

A memory of Barham in 1959 by Mark Whitaker

my dad John Hollis was born in tied cottage at whatcombe march 29th 1930, his dad Frederick Hollis trained race horses at the stables at whatcombe for Dick Dawson, a beautiful part of the country, anyone know anything about whatcombe around that time,

A memory of Whatcombe in 1930 by Jacqueline Hollis

My great gran lived in Woodstock Cottage which was built by her husband. Her name was Emily Eliza Baker and she married a Albert John Tilley. They had 2 children, Edith Mary (my gran) and Daisy Helen. Edith married a Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Uley in 1860 by Julie Heap

The previous writer mentionedTilly Biggins who was my uncles stepmother. I stayed with her many times when I was very young. She was born in Victorian times and still dressed in lace up boots, long skirts and big hats. No running water ...Read more

A memory of Gristhorpe by terrybroadhead003

Tilshead was the place where I was born and have lived in for a long time.  It is a quiet village of around 400 or so people.  There was and still is a post office.  There was a pub called The Bell but is now a private ...Read more

A memory of Tilshead in 1966 by Anita Mundy

I was born in 1951 at Tinshill Crescent. I had an older brother Rodney (b 1946). I attended old Cookridge School (as previously described by Paul Leavett). It also had 2 prefab classrooms as well as the wooden hut. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1956 by Clive Bennett

I grew up in Houghton Regis in the 1960s, we were a big family, and seemed to go to all the schools, including Houghton Regis Upper, Northfields, Queensbury, Manshead. My dad moved there for work from London before I was born so ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis by lucyhowson

I have very fond memories of Tooting. My parents and I moved to Fairlight Road in Tooting in 1974. My first memory of that is the smell of paint, and sausage rolls bought from the bakery shop just round the corner; the paint ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1974 by Anne Marie Ayton

I was born in Tor House Torpoint in 1933.  Tor House was purchased by my Grandfather R S G Norgate, Royal Navy, in the early 1900s.  My Uncle Dr Robert Norgate inherited the property in 1934.  My Brother Joseph and I lived with my ...Read more

A memory of Torpoint in 1943 by Jessie Sichter

I was born in Mount Pleasant Rd in 1947 and lived there until 1959 when we moved to Norfolk, attended Bruce Grove Jnr School and then Rowland Hill. I can remember being taken home from school by my teacher during the smog ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Geoff Brown