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This was one of the routes I took in the early 70s when riding my beautiful horse out. We would go up West Balgrochan Road, turn in to Acre Valley Road and go up the hill where the woods are and down to the other side, sometimes going ...Read more

A memory of Torrance

I am in possession of my Great (great?) Grandfather, James Johnston, who wrote a family tree and called it ‘The Johnston’s of Wester Milton. We also use the crest of the winged spur and the the family motto of Nun Quam ...Read more

A memory of Wester Milton

I’ve just visited Buttermere to look at the little church where my ancestors (Annetts and Cummins families) would have attended during the Victorian era. A quaint little church set in the valley down a bridle way. ...Read more

A memory of Buttermere by D Toovey

I spent most of my childhood in Newmarket, playing in the wood and on Bunting Hill shown in the photo with the old Quarry. Every year the hill would be set fire, the fire being lit at the top to burn slowly down, this was to encourage new ...Read more

A memory of Nailsworth

I remember Selsdon well as my family lived at 68 Edgecoombe, the long road on the opposite side of the wood at Selsdon not to be confused with Selsdon Woods. We had two ways to get to Selsdon shops. Through the woods ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Martin Brookes

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

So glad to review the two messages from former boys of Schooters Hill Grammar School in Woolwich, London. I ( A.David Barnes ) was there a little earlier: 1948-1955 with clear memories of WW II and ...Read more

A memory of Shooters Hill by Arthur Barnes

As a child in the late 1960s and early 70s I frequented the Ridges regularly. I was taken there for a walk one day by my parents and with my elderly neighbour Alex who was interested in ...Read more

A memory of Finchampstead by Andy C

My parents moved from Durham to Burgess Hill in the mid-fifties. I was born in 1957, at Cuckfield hospital, and at that time lived in West Park Crescent. Both my brother and sister were also born in Burgess Hill. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by David Storey

I grew up in Golders Green in the 50's and 60's. I loved going down Golders Green Road on a Saturday night just before Christmas with all the shops lit up and decorated and advertising gifts. We lived just round the ...Read more

A memory of Golders Green by Frances Derhy