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The "Festival of Speed" was founded in 1993 by Lord Marsh, the event displaying and actively demonstrating racing machine from the present day and those stretching back to the beginning of the motor racing era back in ...Read more

A memory of Petworth by ducatee

My father Brian Philpott was born in Hartley Wintney in 1933. He had friends whose surname was Ruffle; he was head choirboy at st Johns church til about aged 14, and he left around 1950 toi join the RAF, and my grandparents ...Read more

A memory of Hartley Wintney by klevanskit

Hi my name is Geradine I have vivid memories of Drayton Junior School Ealing in the early seventies I was approx 8/9years old and lived at St Leonards rd Ealing.Drayton Junior held fond memories. For me.I ...Read more

A memory of South Beddington by geraldineayul

I can remember when the redundancy was declared by the Blackburn Diocese and the worshipping community moved into the 'new' St John's School at the top of Turncroft..... with the assurance of a new church to be ...Read more

A memory of Darwen by Geoff Harwood

How a Family that came to south Cambridgeshire Clifford John Masters, My Story I was born in 4 Chaucer Cottages Foxton on the 9th February 1940 The houses backed onto the “park” ...Read more

A memory of Barrington by masters.clifford2

Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by dannytaylor1954

My mum was then known as Angela Wright and was one of 8 children. Her mum was called Olive and they lived at 32 Thames Street in Weybridge. My mum went to St James Secondary Modern in 1958. Does anyone remember them? ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge by amanda.berringer

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

I lived just across the road from where the photo was taken in Church Cottage as my dad was the verger sexton at St Johns Church. We would spend every day playing football in this park with the grumpy old parkie after us for bashing ...Read more

A memory of Shirley by jaidee669

My Great Aunt and uncle John and Mary Little built a beautiful cottage in The Haugh 'Almora' you used to have to walk past Military road and down the hill to The Post office [sweetie shop lol] My grandfather would take ...Read more

A memory of Haugh of Urr by John Lockhart