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I was born in 1928 in the first house on the right on Sweetwater Lane. Still there, it was one of many "tied" houses occupied by those who worked for the Enton Hall estate of the Chichester family. They gave the Chichester Hall to the ...Read more

A memory of Witley by Michael Phillips

A school chum & I came here to see Expresso Bongo, starring local lad Harry Webb, aka Cliff Richard, in about 1961. I was almost 16 but still felt guilty about breaking the law - and afraid of being caught!

A memory of Hoddesdon

My family from my dads side all grew up in Fishie They were the Stewarts and the Whyte's . A fantastic family to grow up in they have so much history . My dad stayed in Fishie till he married and moved to Macduff ( now back ...Read more

A memory of Fetterangus by mothergoose1969

Very similar to Marjories memories. The things we looked forward too were the Church and Chapel trips to the seaside,and the week before the school broke up for Summer when the shows as we called them came in. ...Read more

A memory of High Etherley by Ronnie Leonard

I have wonderful memories of Sunday afternoon visits to the Mere in the 50s with my parents. They ran a pub in Shrewsbury and Sunday afternoons were family time. We came in spring when the daffodils were out along the ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere by Sylvia Ashton

I came to Brecon in 1957, I think I had been here in another life as the place was so familiar, it was like coming home. My Army days in Brecon were great, Peg;s Café by the bus station, the café at Camden corner, the café at ...Read more

A memory of Brecon by Ted Lay

i went to work at s-n stationery in must been 1974-5 further down from Yorktown was the industrial estate worked in Riviln factory -Arthur and Freds factory we did clothes for early marks and spencer then worked for factory ...Read more

A memory of York Town by Janet Ingate

I used to get off the bus in Windsor Street down by the post office. When I was young there was an optician on the left hand side. I can remember staggering out of there, when I was about six years old. They had enlarged ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge

I was born in Norwood Green in the Frogmore Nursing Home which was next to the police station in 1936. My family lived at 14 Crosslands Avenue until WW11 when we moved to Oxfordshire for a short time ...Read more

A memory of Norwood Green

I had some brill holidays in sandown, morning coffee at the Rendevous restaurant, well café in the high st, made friends with the son paul who was training to be a navigator in the merchant navy, met a couple of girls who came ...Read more

A memory of Sandown by Ted Lay