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Hello everyone, I've read memories about Cliftonville and the Parrakeet and suddenly my heart start jumping, going back of about 50 years, and still remembering - that's not bad! My name is Giovanni but everybody used to call me ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville in 1965 by Gianni Vivarelli

My grandfather, John Henry Penny (Jack), built a house in Donniford Road. He called it The House Jack Built; it is still there today and is just before the lane going to Hellwell Bay. It was designed by Charles Royle Penny, ...Read more

A memory of Watchet in 1930 by Edith Rees

I remember camping with my family down in the field just inland from the Towers. The site is now just for caravans, I think. My father would catch eels in the small streams which ran across the field down to the sea, and mum ...Read more

A memory of Reculver by Richard Furminger

Hi, was wondering if anybody out there has any old photos of Strichen Sawmill? Would be grateful for anything related to the sawmill. Thanks Eileen Fowlie

A memory of Strichen by Eileen Fowlie

I was looked after (sort of fostered) as a child along with my sister (Diane) by a Mr and Mrs Penny who lived at Kithurst Barn; my father, Walter Vines, used to visit us every fortnight. We used to go to school in a convent ...Read more

A memory of Storrington in 1963 by Susan Hooper

I lived in Ashford from 1946 -1955 when we moved to Australia,family name then was Jarvis. I lived in Rosary Gardens and caught the bus from the bus stop outside the church in this photo to Sunbury St.Ignatious primary ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by Jan Knott

My great grandfather, James David Smith, owned the lease of this hotel from 1889 to 1896 when he moved with his family back to Govan. The hotel was demolished in 2011 and there are only three old photos showing ...Read more

A memory of Oban in 1890 by Carol Smith Tavinor

My family has had a long association with Dymchurch since the 1890s, first at Barn House and later at Grantchester Cottage in Sycamore Gardens. Six of my family are buried in the churchyard and two are named on the war ...Read more

A memory of Dymchurch in 1946 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

Photo taken outside of our family home on Bridge Street.

A memory of Wickham in 1964

My mother (maiden name Joan Patrica Hubbard) is in her early 90s now and often recalls her childhood and early memories of Grimsby. She tells me of a picture with her father John ...Read more

A memory of Cleethorpes in 1900