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What a 'Swinging Bridge' it was at Merthyr Mawr back in the 1050s! I don't know when it was changed to a 'solid' bridge, but how it ever survived the rough handling that we 'Cottage Homes Boys' gave it every year...Well! ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Mawr in 1950 by Terry Evans

Research into my Family History tells me that my great, great, great grandfather (John Henry Erskine) was baptised at St Mary's Church on 30th December 1836. His parents, John Erskine and Sarah Cook were ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster

Circa 1956 I lived in Carr Hill and my dad would take me to Windy Nook Park. A lady in one of the houses around the area gave me sweets. Later on he found out that the woman had poisoned a few of her husbands to get the ...Read more

A memory of Windy Nook in 1956

I remember many very happy hours in the wonderful library. Besides the books the wonderful architectural details, the grand staircase and all the lovely dark rich  wood everywhere. The new library may have more space and all the modern facilities but by comparison it is soul-less and cold.

A memory of Croydon in 1967 by Linda Smith

My sister and I were evacuated to St Merryn in 1940. I was aged 6 and my sister aged 11. We lived in Bermondsey, London. I shall always remember our first night in St Merryn. We were sitting in the School Hall,and were the ...Read more

A memory of St Merryn in 1940 by Bill Killick

At sixteen I owned a three wheeler convertible that with a bit of bending of the law sixteen year olds were allowed to drive. Plus the fact that the coppers didn't know how the law stood exactly. The car was a Powerdrive, ...Read more

A memory of Cowley in 1963 by Barry Hawgood

My memory of Shilton is when I started school at the infant school in The Hollow which is now a supermarket, and then to the school in Wood Street, after that to Heathfield at Bel Vue and we used to play in Dan Asley's sand pit ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton by Eric Johnson

My family first came to live in Studwell Lodge, which they bought from the Bruce family,  when my father retired from farming in Berkshire at the age of fifty five. It was then 1959 and I, ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1960 by Charles Skipwith

Pam lived with her family in Washington Road and on leaving school at  first worked with Mr Morely the baker in his Longfellow Road shop, helping to keep the books and doing counter work. Years later when Pam was 24 we were married in St Philip's Church - now no longer there.

A memory of Worcester Park in 1944 by Brian Haynes

There are many people better qualified than I to write about Meonstoke, but this photo evokes memories of the Cooke's, who ran the village shop with cheerful kindness and where we shopped for essentials - ...Read more

A memory of Meonstoke in 1960 by Herry Lawford