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This bridge is usually referred to as a seven arched bridge but looking at this 1888 photograph, there appears to be eight of them. The tunnel nearest the camera still exists and I recall how it once gave access ...Read more

A memory of Looe by Brian Smith

Every year we would stay at my uncle's caravan in Bognor Regis. The highlight of my holiday was the visit to Hotham Park and the magical Rainbow's End. Even now 36 years later I can remember every detail, Mickey ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis in 1974 by Rachel Beck

This site has no photos of Collyhurst, but if you go on Facebook and search 'Collyhurst forever' there are lots...

A memory of Collyhurst by Thomas Lamb

My grandad was George Pears, the local dentist from Laburnum House Bridge Street (now part of the Bridge Hotel). My dad was Bill Pears who lived there with his dad George, his mum Evelyn (nee Abbott) and his ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Doyle in 1950 by Jackie Robinson (Nee Pears)

I was posted to the Hall after RAF basic training at West Kirby, where an Air Vice Marshall saw a mural illustrated map, another conscript (John Young) and I created, in the Education Hut. ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1949 by Ronald Gilbert

On the other side of the road from this photo (Barncroft) was a shop known as Bob Day's. A tiny shop with a thatch roof and still standing but unused for many years. As a young school boy I would buy penny sweets with pocket money from Bobs on a Saturday morning with other friends.

A memory of Cossington in 1966 by Paul Howard

Hi, I would love to hear from anyone that may have memories of Yorkletts in the late 1960s. I used to spend a lot of time in the village, spending all my school hols with my gran who lived in a ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1968 by Sharon Searle

Hi, does anyone have any memories, details or photos of the church as it used to be, also the graveyard and surrounding areas? Would be most grateful for any info. Thank you

A memory of Brierley Hill in 2010

I moved to Osmond Gardens in Wallington when I was 4 years old. I went to Beddington Infants School, then Holy Trinity Primary School in Bute Road and finally Carshalton High School for Girls. Looking at all these ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by Hayley Heffernan

I was thinking of my early days in Tarpots and I had one of those memory flashes, I'm not sure exactly how old I was but it concerned my first "pocket money" sixpence a week as it turned out, the first issue was a Saturday ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1946 by Colin Mackenzie