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I SPENT MANY HAPPY HOLIDAYS WITH MY UNCLE JIM ROUTLEDGE AT HIS COTTAGE CALLED WOODEND TINDALE FELL. MY BROTHERS AND I WOULD FISH IN THE BURN THAT RAN PASSED HIS COTTAGE WE WOULD PADDEL ,MAKE DAMS. GO UP TO TINDALE POST ...Read more

A memory of Tindale Fells by Edith Frearson

When Dad had the motorbike and sidecar it was okay for day trips, but when we went for the fortnight summer holiday the bike could not carry us and the suitcases, so we had to go by other means. To get to Bournemouth we ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth by Carole Baldwin

I was the born at the Green in Wallsend. I used to live in Holy Cross and I remember the burn, the old cemetery at the top of our road and shopping on Wallsend High Street. My dad was a supervisor at the Rising Sun Pit. We also ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by Lesley Kovacs

I remember during the 1960's taking my pony to the blacksmith in Uppington,we lived at Eyton-on Severn then. We used to go along the cart tracks across the Beckamoors to Donnington, up past the Streffords farm ...Read more

A memory of Uppington by Margaret Clutton

I also, was a student at Clare School in Brymton. I attended (if I recall correctly) from 1960 to 1963. The headmaster was Mr Robinson, some of the other 'masters' names were Mr Hemmings, Major Burns and Mr Gall. A ...Read more

A memory of Brympton D'Evercy by Nicholas Grover

I was born in 298 Burnley Road East on August 18th 1945. The Nurse who delivered me was Nurse Bowe, who was a good friend of my Gran's (Teresa Whittaker, nee O'Brien). All my Aunties and Uncles were born ...Read more

A memory of Waterfoot by Judith Mc Creath

My mam and dad split up and I was sent to Bisley. At first I was hard to get used to but I made a lot of friends. My first house was Trojans then went up to Ironsides. Barry Evans told us stories that ...Read more

A memory of Bisley by Fred Heyburn

I attended Radlett Prep between 1958 and 1965. It was located in a converted three floored Edwardian house on the corner of Hillside Avenue and Aldenham Grove, and has since been converted back to a private residence. Aldenham Grove ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by Hamish Adam

I moved to Marchwood in the mid 1960s, I was not very old. We lived in an old house on the edge of the village, called Glengarriff. The old house was pulled down many years ago. I attended Marchwood Primary ...Read more

A memory of Marchwood

I was born in Tithe Barn Road in 1953. When I was about 9 and 12 some mates and me noticed this small building that looked like a small house. A pointed house with no windows, just a solid oak ...Read more

A memory of Wootton by Graham Ward