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This photo shows in the foreground the rather substantial house lived in during the 1950s by the Barkus family, who owned the adjoining caravan site (to the right of the photo) and who served teas and refreshments for the ...Read more

A memory of Romney Street by Edgar Lukes

Good to see the photo of Herstmonceux in 1965 along Hailsham Rd. I was born outside the village in 1957, my father being the local Reverend from 1956 till 1973/4. The old car in the foreground was right ...Read more

A memory of Herstmonceux in 1965 by puck_productions

I am researching my Sims-Hilditch family tree. Does anyone remember Edwin Sims Hilditch at Castleigh, Haslington around 1931? And at Harmel House, High Street, Haslington around 1946? Are ...Read more

A memory of Haslington in 1946 by Anthea Beszant

Being conceived at the end of the war I don't have memories of it of course, but my late brother, my mum and sister had lots. The only street party I remember was the Queen's one in Mostyn Road where we all got a cup ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1953 by Fred East

My nana was born in Hackney in 1907. She was born to an unmarried mother in the Salvation maternity hospital for unmarried mothers on Mare Street, Ivy House to be precise. She stayed in Brent House mother and baby ...Read more

A memory of London in 1900 by Karen Surtees

I remember living at 12 Church Street when I married my first husband, and taking my baby James home there. This street remains as it has been for decades.

A memory of Bicester in 1984 by Nicola Jones

This was a weekend to remember! The Clitheroe Morris Men invited several other dance "sides" to join them for a weekend of dancing, music and - of course - beer drinking! By a lucky chance I was ...Read more

A memory of Clitheroe in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

I moved to live in one of the houses shown in the background of this picture around 1964/65. Rushcroft was a council estate and my father worked in a cotton mill and my mother worked at the Osram mill in town, making ...Read more

A memory of Shaw in 1965 by Diane Ferguson

I would define the center of Sheriff Hill to be the intersection of Southend Terrace, Windy Nook Road, Sodhouse Bank, and Church Road. I was born not 100ft from the intersection on Windy Nook Road. Our cottage ajoined the ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1942 by Robert Hall

I visited Ilfracombe in 1977, and wanted to go to Lundy Island, but my father didn't want to go. I bought nearly all the Lundy Island stamps at the time in the post office on the High street of Illfracombe. It was the exact ...Read more

A memory of Lundy in 1977 by Evelyn Jepson