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Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings ...Read more

A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by James Irvine

I went to the Gordon Schools until I moved to England in 1972, they were the best days of my life. My uncle George Robertson owned the painting and decorating shop in Castle Street. I remember the picnics down by the Deveron in the summer. ...Read more

A memory of Keith by Christine Bremner

I am adding to my brother's memory written today about our evacuation to North Wales in 1944. A fuller description has been written by myself on BBC North East Wales ...Read more

A memory of Coedpoeth in 1944 by Fred Schofield

My grandparents lived in Brenchley for many years, and all our summer holidays in the 1950s and 1960s were spent there. We lived in London so I really looked forward to the summer! My grandparents lived near Castle Hill, and on ...Read more

A memory of Brenchley by Pamela Foster

When I was a child, living in Coventry, my parents used to pack me off to Milford to get some fresh sea air and spend quality time with my cousins! My best times were when we went off to buy sweets - I loved ...Read more

A memory of Milford on Sea in 1961 by Olivia Harrod

I remember going to school at Strete in the Easter, up to the summer holidays, as a 4 year old in 1964. When we were due to return, we had to go to Stoke Fleming primary because Strete primary had closed. All the Rowdens, Ewings, ...Read more

A memory of Strete in 1964 by Ian Taplin

I can't believe this, amazing even if the names are coincidence, I was at Warnham Court 1962-63, I can remember lots of names: Roy Riggs, with his 'German' dictionary. June Palmer. John Thorp, we ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1962 by Victor Chytry

Living in Kielder from a child to a man ... I lived in Kielder from 1974-1995. I loved the way you could keep your front door unlocked. I could hear the river passing by my bedroom window, this was how quite it was. I am ...Read more

A memory of Kielder by Mark Stanford

My grandparents lived at Fern Cottage. They moved there before the war and had two children, Dick and Jean. Dick was based at Wick and died in the war. Jean, my mum, married and had me and my sister. I have wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop in 1960 by Richard Booth

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell