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I was sent to Southborough from London in September 1939 and was billeted with a lovely couple, Mr and Mrs Brown who lived at Holden Corner. I was with another girl evacuee named Audrey and she and l ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1930 by Irene Clegg

It’s so strange that you can remember so many things from early childhood, all those years ago! And it still feels clear as if it was yesterday and they bubble up into your brain after lying there undisturbed in the ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1930 by David Hinge

When I was three or four years old I visited Cawsand for a family holiday. I remember it very clearly because, for various reasons, it was the only holiday we all went on together. I am hoping someone might be able to solve an on-going ...Read more

A memory of Cawsand in 1967 by Patricia Adams

Does anybody remember my Great-grandfather on my Father's sdie of the family, Police Inspector William Hole? He had a few children, one being my grandfather Walter Trevor Hole, another being Police Sergeant Harry Hole. I know ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1900 by Caroline Scott

I was born in Rettendon  in 1938.  My father (Ernest James Hazell) and mother ( Ellen Wiseman)  were both born in the village as were my maternal grandmother and great grandmother. As a child I remember watching aircraft flying home ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon by Keith Hazell

I remember well the Saturday Night Dances at the Bluecap Hotel in the 50's & 60's, now pulled down. The Bull's Head was more up-market. I lived at St Dominick and remember the Cattle Market. I was going to Callington Grammer School ...Read more

A memory of Callington by Brian Furse

I have been told that my Great Uncle or Great-great uncle worked as head gardener at the Hall in the 1800s.  They were both called Robert Holdgate so I am not sure which uncle it was.

A memory of Barlborough by Viv Braddock

In January 1917, my grandfather, Percy Smith, a young soldier from Australia, was on leave from the Front in France. He visited a family in Camelford, and this is the letter he wrote home to his sister. I would love to know ...Read more

A memory of Camelford in 1910 by Sally Edsall

During the 1940s, I lived in Weymouth, but from May 1942, when I was 5, until July 1947, I was a boarder at the school.  I was happy there, and still remember the names of my teachers - Sister Anne, ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by James Mc Guinness

Hi Bob. I remember your mother behind the Post Office counter. Your cat used to regularly attack our dog as we passed your front gate on the way to Burraton Park.  We both went to Saltash Grammar School in the late fifties.  I ...Read more

A memory of Burraton in 1959 by Raymond Guy