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I was born at Rose Farm in 1949 & moved to Norwich in 1964. My father farmed in Besthorpe for over 30 years. My first school was the chapel school in Hargham Road Attleborough and my teacher was Mrs. ...Read more

A memory of Besthorpe in 1954 by Jill Murton (Ne Wire)

We moved to Dodleston in 1975 and left sadly in 1998. They were the happiest years. My children went to the villiage school and there were just 12 children then. The community feeling was great and the Whelmar estate hadn't ...Read more

A memory of Dodleston in 1976 by Linda Dyer

We bought our house from Fred and Mabel Crossley in September 1970 for the princely sum of £4700 ! ( My father thought I was aiming a bit too high). I never forgot Fred as he told me that he had been offered £9000 ...Read more

A memory of Harthill by richard

It is not a memory but the knowledge that my family lived in Gatehouse of Fleet from 1783 to 1880. My great great grandfather was the innkeeper of the Crown and Thistle in Fleet Street, Gatehouse of Fleet. It may ...Read more

A memory of Gatehouse of Fleet in 1870 by Colin Mc Kenzie

Opposite the Majestic Cinema, you can just see the Tudor brickwork of the Bucks Head Inn, on the London Road corner. It was very rare that my Dad would go in, but we would be sent there at certain times of the year. ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by Carole Baldwin

During the late 1940s and early 1950s my brothers and I were Scouts and each summer we went to Scout Camp at Westgate on Sea. There was no M20 in those days so our journey by lorry took us through Maidstone High ...Read more

A memory of Maidstone by Ken Cook

The Caprice was a rather cool place to hang out back in the 60's. I have no idea what at first attracted myself and my 'best friend' Jean Jones to hang out there. I think her older sister Shirley may have told us about it. We were ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Maggie Buckingham

I worked as the kitchen porter at The Castle Inn, Lulworth in 1966. I was nineteen years old and thought it would be good to spend the summer by the coast. As I thought of myself as a bit of an artist I would have ...Read more

A memory of Lulworth Camp in 1966 by Barry Hawgood

39 Cwm Road in 1946 The family home, at 39 Cwm Road, was on the ‘cellar side’, which was deemed to be an advantage, since the houses were three-storeyed and sported an extra kitchen, scullery and pantry, ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1946 by Raye Green

My earliest memory of Emsworth was a sweet shop called The Chocolate Box in the Square, Emsworth (now Heidi's). It was owned by my grandfather Bertie Holland from 1924. It was later taken over by his daughter and son-in-law, Jim ...Read more

A memory of Emsworth by Connie Gates