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The photo shows a rowing boat which probably belonged to my great grandfather "Busky Tripp" who ferried people across the river at the nearby staithe. He also rowed to Lowestoft fish market and back nearly every day with a ...Read more

A memory of Burgh St Peter in 1890

This building, now a museum was in the 1940s the home of a famous old Andover gentleman Mr A C Bennett. He wrote a book about Andover St Mary's Church and played the organ in the church. He was also my piano teacher ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1940 by Terry Clary

As far as I was concerned, at the tender age of eleven, I belonged to a Norfolk family having only known Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, my birthplace. The untitled photograph of Hyde End House that hung in my grandfather's hall ...Read more

A memory of Brimpton in 1961 by Alan Hyde

I was born in the cottage in the courtyard, the youngest of three. My brother, Tony, sister Sheila, who now lives not too far away from Matlask, and have some wonderful memories of the Hall. Summer days seemed ...Read more

A memory of Barningham Hall in 1950 by Peter Mackay

I've come across a set of 6 postcards that tell the tale of a young sailor who was murdered by 3 other sailors that he met up with in the, 'Red Lion' at Thursley. Apparently the other 3 sailors accompanied him up to ...Read more

A memory of Thursley by Barry Peskett

The Research Into Lost Knowledge Organisation is an organisation providing a platform for the dissemination of hidden knowledge incorporated in myth legend, number and geometry, art and music, ...Read more

A memory of Llanhilleth in 2008 by First Name Last Name

Hey there, can anyone help me please. My mum is trying to find a small church in Ongar which comes off the Ongar Road, it's on the right hand side and it has a gravel lane, the church is at the end of the gravel lane ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Ongar by Sarah King

I was a pupil at Whittlebury College 1962-1964 . The school was run by Major Meager and his wife as a sort of "crammer" for those of us who needed to get more help for O and A levels. The teachers were perhaps not the ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1962 by Nigel Daniel

Thursday 14th August 2008 was a sunny summer day for the wedding of a lovely Japanese girl, Nakki, to Ra - the son of one of the Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers - Jane.   Following the ceremony in Paignton, there ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

In 1967 I enlisted with the Territorial Army and served five years with the Royal Corps of Signals. My basic training included learning to shoot with the 762 self loading rifle on the ranges near ...Read more

A memory of Hightown in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk