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I went to fornethy residential school twice in my childhood, each time my mum was having a child. 1960 and 1962. I spent 6 weeks each time. I have read thru most of the comments here, and I’m so glad for me ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Letitia Latt

Hi does anyone remember me my name is Lewis Poole. I stayed at Northaw place in 1966 /67 my memory is vague about the place. It seemed huge at the time. I remember the swimming Pool and the rope swing in the woods. Sleeping in dormitories 6 or 7 to a room a

A memory of Northaw Place by Lewis Poole

That was Mrs. Phippin. Taught needlework. I remember being told off for having too long a thread. Made me sit with my arm extended to the extent of the cotton . Mind you, I still make things out of felt that she taught me to do. ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray by Claire Paton

I remember playing "houses" in the wood with the twins Jean and Betty.  Also great friends with Anne French, Jean Gardener and also Eileen Wolfington who sadly passed away many years ago.  We lived in ...Read more

A memory of Victoria Garesfield by Jessie Taylor

"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, ...Read more

A memory of Graig in 1940 by Colin Gronow

I have very fond memories of staying with my grandparents Norman and Ivy Ralphs in 15 Jubilee Grove in the late 1970s and 1980s. My mother, my older sister and myself would visit in the school holidays and because we ...Read more

A memory of Sleaford by Charmaine Van Beek

I grew up in Normanton and have many happy memories .... I went to the Church of England Primary school ... walked over the farm fields with my Dad under the old railway line and on to Loscoe Lane to the Bluebell wood .... all gone ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1947 by Pauline Wood Degnan

My grand parents lived in Rusper for many years and their house was next to the butchers' shop on the same side of the road as the church. I can remember visiting my grandparents, as a school boy and my grandfather was a local ...Read more

A memory of Rusper in 1940 by Peter Foster

My dad was in the REME we lived in Bermuda Terrace and then Dettingen Road. Does anyone remember putting out the summer fires in the woods?

A memory of Deepcut in 1956 by Paul Breen

I have very fond memories of Coldbackie. It’s one of those fantastic undiscovered gems in Sutherland. My grandparents bought a croft there in the 1950s and I spent much of my childhood playing at the beach, in the woods, or ...Read more

A memory of Coldbackie in 1990 by Charlie Davidson