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My Dad, Sid Brooks was the rural village police constable (P.c.200) for Cropwell Butler, Cropwell Bishop and Tythby We, Mum (Dorothy) and my younger brother Mick lived in the Police House on Radcliffe Road, ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by peterb6136

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

My family, the Lees, lived at New Moors although the houses are long gone. If anyone has any photos of the area we would love to see them. My father's uncle Billy Lee is still alive and now in his 90s and would love have some info. Thanks. Lynne Adamson, was Bowles.

A memory of Evenwood in 1940 by Lynne Adamson

Hello, I'm a biographer in the United States and working on the life story of Ealing native, Lionel Malins. Lionel would later be known as Lee. He attended the Ealing County Grammar School for ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1930 by Katie Gianotti

I was born in 1928 at 20, Cotsford Crescent, the third son of a miner William Holmes. All his brothers were miners and myself and my brothers worked underground. I remember Lumleys shop as it was not far away and Mr. Lumley refused to ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1930 by Albert Holmes

I am trying to find out exactly where in Denmead my great uncle and aunt lived from the forties to the seventies. The wooden bungalow was called Forest View and had a very large garden. They kept bees and every year ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1945 by Faith Clements

My grandmother Elsie Thomas married Harold Victor Lee in 1929. Sadly he died 3 months later. They were living at 2 Albion Villas, Lower Wyche. He was a Dept Manager at a Clothing Shop. His father was a grocer - William Edward ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern in 1930

When I left school in 1956 all of the people of my sort of age congregated in Ma Petrie's ice cream shop. It was great, there was a juke box, with Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone ,Elvis, Fats Domino, Lonnie Donnigan, ...Read more

A memory of Langley Park in 1956 by David Leckenby

We moved from East London in 1950 to Cricklade Avenue. Broadford School was still being built and this backed onto our garden. My older sister had to go to Heath park Girls School (Frances Bardsley) while ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Lesley Doyle

Hi, not a memory but i have found out that my great-grandfather was born in this little village in 1856. Any info or gossip would be welcome, on Sylvanus Ferrisor any of the Ferris clan that lived in the village. Thanks, Lee.

A memory of Hockworthy by Lee Ferris