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I still live in Barnehurst having moved back in 1947. The picture of Barnehurst Road, although the scenery hasn't changed much the shops have. The corner shop on the right was United Dairies and there was a ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst in 1950 by Keith Jackson

I'm so surprised there is nothing written about the castle before it became a prison. It has a history beginning as far back as 1452 when it was built by Lord Grey, who was in the court of King James the Second. It has ...Read more

A memory of Castle Huntly by Lorna Drummond

As a young American lad I was posted on RAF Station Wethersfield, Essex in the late 50's.  I met a young lass through a English aquaintance.  This young lady was from Bradwell on Sea.  She was a young beautiful lady who ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell on Sea in 1959 by Gary Monteith

There was a Twinch, Henry I think, owner of Cippenham MANOR (not Court farm which was nearby) and this was his shortcut, originally. This pic is taken from the footbridge put up for the Girls High School to cross the road to get ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by Dave Hill

I moved to 71 Hildenborough Crescent, Allington, Maidstone, Kent in 1973 aged 10 years old. In the nine years I lived there I saw many changes. Parts of Allington were still being built. There were no houses built in between the ...Read more

A memory of Allington by Andrew Parker

In 1941, shortly before my sixth birthday, I arrived at what was then a large branch of the National Children's Home & Orphanage, at Old Bramhope. To get there I had enjoyed an exciting (for me) train journey from Kings Cross ...Read more

A memory of Bramhope in 1930 by Peter John Ashman

When I look at this photo it brings back happy memories of when the club was a hive of activity of bowling greens, tennis courts, football pitches (middle of photo). As a young girl growing up in Weston Point I ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1961 by Linda Finnigan

We moved into Shuttern Cottage in Pump Street in 1965, long before local developents started. It was quiet then, with little traffic, but the inevitable happened - first Woodlans, then Court Orchard, then lots ...Read more

A memory of Newton St Cyres in 1965 by John Durrant

Memories are the garnish of our later years... During my extreme youth, the closest we ever got to a summer holiday was a week spent with our maternal grandparents. My father would trundle us through to their ...Read more

A memory of Felixstowe in 1957 by Mo Haarhoff

Any news /photos/records of Uxmore Farm, Ipsden would be welcome. I have been to Ipsden Heath and Stoke Row, visiting relatives but not actually visiting Uxmore Farm. since my father and grandfather farmed there in the early 1900s ...Read more

A memory of Ipsden by Yoga Prakash Saraswati