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The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

Our family lived in the village of  West Horsley all of my life,  I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard ...Read more

A memory of Ripley in 1960 by Loraine Roles

My grandfather Wilson Cochrane who was the local barber in Lynemouth was coastguard down in Cresswell sometime during the 2nd world war

A memory of Cresswell by descochrane

I remember Elite fish and chip shop. Went to Colmers Farm 1957-1967 Fine Fare was opened by the Dagenham Girl Pipers. Avery’s was the shoe shop. Hadley’s we went for bags. Delaney’s toy shop. Dowlings for veg and straw for the ...Read more

A memory of Rubery by susancripps

I played in the standing corn stooks behind our house, had my first pony/horse ride at Dixon's farm where my horse went berserk in a potato field, so I was put onto and stayed on a horse lead. I flew my ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton by Alan Hickman

My great grandfather, Alfred Barber owned Great Nelmes House from about 1900-1935 until his death. My late mother loved the house and was extremely upset when she heard it had been illegally demolished in 1967. As a child I remember ...Read more

A memory of Emerson Park

The picture of Church Road where it ran parallel with The Crescent with all those familiar shops brings memories flooding back. I started life at 33 Glebe Road in 1944 and spent 5 happy years there before moving to ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by Andrew Taft

My grandmother Emily Barber was born at Henbury in Cheshire in 1865.daughter of William & Hannah Barber.

A memory of Henbury in 1860 by Judith Riley

Where the advertising boards are, there was a barber shop run by a lovely man called Alf Bernadi. I would take my little brother to have his hair cut & sit and read him the Beano comics while we were waiting. I'm almost sure ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1959 by Julia Clarke

My mother and her mother were born in my great-grandparents' cottage at Hanworth Common. Richard and Blanche Craske they were. Well dear old Richard was really my step great grandad. The true one was ...Read more

A memory of Aldborough in 1944 by Richard Whitten