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My father, Wifred Broadhurst, and mother, Gladys (nee' Bryan), were married in 1927, the reception being held in Booth's Hall, opposite the Board School Entrance which was in ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in 1940 by Alan Broadhurst

My gran lived in Calthwaite, she lived in the old post office (well it was the post ofice then) she was called Shirley. Unfortunately she past away last year of cancer and I miss her loads. I wondered if anyone knew her because I would ...Read more

A memory of Calthwaite by Sophie Taylor

My mam, Linda Leggett, had a toy stall at the corn exchange end. Mam and I loaded up a handcart with toys every Tuesday and pushed it from our shop in Commercial Road, next door to the post office. I helped unload and set ...Read more

A memory of Spalding in 1950 by Janice Brutnell

I lived in the post office in Quakers Yard. We played in the woods and collected nuts and blackberies and wimberries up the mountains. There was a conker season, a marble season . always something to do or collect. My brother Robert and ...Read more

A memory of Quaker's Yard by John Matthews

Having just discovered this site I find it very interesting to read some of the posts. I was born and bred in Castleton (1948) and have many happy memories. From leaving school I work at Garrets butchers for 7 years until ...Read more

A memory of Castleton in 1963 by Robert Brearley

Born in 1947 my family lived in Gin Pit at No 2 Lord Street. In those days there were huge slag heaps just over a stream at the bottom of the village and a pond at the bottom of Lord Street. We used to skate on it in the ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley by Richard Carter

Blandford Camp was the last base Dad was posted to before we came to Australia. Dad or rather SGT Alexander (Alec) Aitken worked in the Q Store at the School of Sigs. Their married quarter was on Racedown Road, about ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1970 by David Aitken

You may like to know that I today attended the funeral of the chatelaine of The Manor, Lady Valerie Guinness. After the war my father Peter bought the rectory at Sculthorpe about three miles from East Barsham and the ...Read more

A memory of East Barsham in 1946 by John Labouchere

My grandfather was the Forman of pyes farm I am not Shaw of the spelling but we spent our school holidays in Somercotes. I remember Maurd Laming the post laidy Cooky the police man Barns garage Ted Steavins who cut hair in the ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes by Barry Mason

I lived in Ashtead from the 1960s to about 1972 when my parents went back to Ireland. I went to St. Peters Primary School Leatherhead for two years,. This is a list of pals I used to hang out with ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead in 1970 by Patrick Mara