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My name is Robert Read I would like to know if anyone remembers NorthBrook Reform school in Breakon lane Whipton Exeter. I was there from 1957 -1958.Head master at that time was Mr Thompson ...Read more

A memory of Exeter by Vince Read

Memories are funny, they come and go and during this time of lockdown I've thought quite a lot about my childhood. We lived in Amberley Road, very close to the Raglan School entrance in Raglan Road. ...Read more

A memory of Bush Hill Park by Sharon Kenealy

I was born at Green Hedges Westmeston in February 1944. My father who was in the navy had been sent back to sea so my mother was alone except for my brother of 2 . He developed whooping cough so the person she was staying ...Read more

A memory of Ditchling by dandr.dinwiddie

I was sent to the convent after my Father died in 1953. My Uncle had been educated there many years previously. I can confirm the recollections that have been put here of the vicious way in which some of the Nuns treated ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by Alan Yardley

I'm 73, can recall my Grandmother and Grandfather, Elizabeth and Joseph Wilkinson, living at 7 Ryder Street, close to St James' church (I think). My father was Harry Wilkinson, he had two brothers, Albert and Arthur and two ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by joanandpeterwhalley

I was at Fairfield, late 70s, miss Brooke,was head & she would bounce up drive with tress her Labrador every morning while we were at breakfast,miss coyne became deputy head,& her dogs poppy & berry & that VW She ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by emerald1960.td

My mother’s cousin, Gordon Ross, was the head gardener at Howden Dene in the ‘30s and ‘40’s, when the property was owned by the Straker-Smith family. I was born in 1934. During WW2 when sea-side holidays were difficult, my ...Read more

A memory of Howden Dene by p.wolstenholme

I attended Bishop Wordsworth's School between 1964 and 1967 arriving when I was 14. I had previously gone to a very prestigious grammar school in north London which in fact was awful. Discipline was ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury by al.birkett

I remember going to Talacre in the 1950s. Our treat every day was to go to the bakery. It was about 10 mins walk from the wooden cabin we stayed in. A bit like the hill billys. The smell when you got near to the bakery ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by mbarrett36

We used to holiday at Beadnell and Seahouses in the 1950s. There was my Mam,Dad,Auntie,Uncle, Nanna, Rexy the dog,and myself. We used to all squash into my Dad's works van and head North from Newcastle. I have wonderful memories ...Read more

A memory of Beadnell by maureenflannery