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I lived in Stubbington from 1957 (when I was born - home birth in residence behind newsagents on the green) until I was married in 1978. For most of my childhood until 10 yrs old we lived in the Post Office ...Read more

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This photo is in reverse! Editor: Thank you for this info - we will have this corrected in a day or two.

A memory of Broadstairs by Mike Coleman

Just to the left on the photo was a very small Tesco supermarket, it looked cheap and nasty and we avoided going in there at all costs. How things have changed! In the parade of shops on the left was a trendy gents ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable by Peter Humphrey

It was built in 1897 and was designed in the Queen Anne style by the architect Frederick Wheeler FRIBA who had offices in Horsham. It is now the home of the Nat West bank. The bandstand has been ...Read more

A memory of Horsham in 1890 by M

I used to live in the first house on the left side of the photo 'Thurlestone Cottages 1890', in 1969 for a number of years. The house was then called 'Thatchways'. The smaller cottages attached to the ...Read more

A memory of Thurlestone in 1969 by Peter Martin

My father used to be the Officer in Charge here when it was an old people's home - we used to live in the cottage just before the dovecote. When we lived there Kath and Ian used to live in the Upper Lodge which was directly on ...Read more

A memory of Harefield in 1981 by Dawn Marshall

This is a photo of my mum and godmother in the pram with my twin brother outside Woolworths. It would have been taken in 1948/49 as we were born in November 1947 and we are still in our 'big' pram. Irene James

A memory of Upminster by ireneandmike

Hello - I would be very grateful for any information - especially photos - of my ancestor Thomas Binns who moved from Cowling to Micklethwaite c. 1898. He had built ...Read more

A memory of Micklethwaite in 1900 by Joan Tindale

I lived 30 years at Monk Hopton, my mother, Barbara Stoves, was the school headmistress from 1954 until it closed in 1980 (I think 1980). It closed when she became ill; it was her determination largely that kept it open. She always ...Read more

A memory of Monkhopton in 1975 by David Stoves

I have a copy of my Grandfather's Naval records and it shows he served on the Royal Adelaide in 1887 as a B1C(whatever that means). His name was Thomas Tench. As I have never seen a photo of him I keep hoping a crew photo from one of his ships will turn up. This was his second posting.

A memory of Devonport in 1890 by Marylyn O'farrell