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I come from a military family, am what you would call an ‘Army brat’. My father had served as an officer in the Far East during WW2, where his Navy brother had died. After demobilisation & a failed career in the ...Read more

A memory of Bovington Camp by bru.enzer

I wrote the 11 plus exam in Woodhurst in about 1949 and passed! Miracles will never cease! The school bus didn't come into Woodhurst so we rode our bicycles to Oldhurst, parked them in the garage there ...Read more

A memory of Ramsey by hamishg

In the early seventies, I was a student at Sarum St Michael College of Education in the Cathedral Close. The weekends were incredibly boring, with nothing to do and nowhere to have fun. Until, a friend asked me if ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury by gillian.rose2

This was my grandparent’s toy shop. I can remember hanging out of the window (the one with the curtain flapping) and watching the Sheerness Carnival floats pass by. It seems like another world now!

A memory of Sheerness by Gary Ancell

If you look closely, just behind the R.A.C. sign, you can see a sign for The Green Room, which was a delightful little tea room run by two sisters I think. It was very elegant and seemed to belong to another time altogether. I ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by mcvirgo

My name is Gerald Jennings I lived in Primrose valley& Fileyfrom 1946to 1954. My grandfather owned the Linkfield Hotel in Primrose Valley,This was run by my father (Kenneth) and one of his sisters(Ruth) It was during this period my ...Read more

A memory of Filey by jenningsllanilar

My mum was born on May 1st 1914 in Ystrad Mynach. She was called Bertha May. She was born in the vicarage of Holy Trinity Chuch where she grew up, the oldest child of the then vicar, William James Williams. She later had ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach by susanwilkes100

My Grandfather was Alfred Bosustow who lived in Church Cove .I Hve no knowledge or History of his life .He was born in1898 and died in1969.alfred was married twice 1922 to Mary Margaret Webb she died in 1934 Afred ...Read more

A memory of Lizard by nory.anna

Brought up from age 7 Lived at 9 ferrymead gardens directly opposite holy cross church. Used to watch all the Saturday weddings and the cherry blossom along the middle verges. Schooled at Bethams, coston girls ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by sj-sarahjane

I was an evacuee to Cefn |Hengoed, My mother said that |I was 6weeks old when we got there and I was born beginning of November 1940. I understand that after being placed with different families we finished living with Mr & ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Hengoed by patcheeseman