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Hi, I lived in Litton as a child till I was 17 then I joinedthe air force. Fab times horse riding with Maralyn Taylor and Sheila Parsons who I am still in love with. Other friends included Kelvin Parker, Michael Roach, ...Read more

A memory of Litton in 1962 by Chris Randall

My memories of Sandford are many and full of love and happiness. My family, Mum, Dad, brother Jim, Uncle Lol and Aunt Alice started a lifelong love affair with Devon. We stayed with Charlie and Win Perkins (Uncle Char and Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Sandford in 1955 by David Huxley

I have dreadful memories of that rat infested place called the Cosy, it used to smell so bad. I also recall buying the fritters from Mort's. My father played bowls in Caerau and I would go along with my tennis racket. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Caerau

I was born in Ireby in 1955. I had two sisters and a brother, Linda Val and Paul. My mum was born in Ireby and her dad John Coates (my grandad) lived around the corner in the cottages in the middle of Ireby. I went ...Read more

A memory of Ireby in 1966 by Sylvia Hutton Nee Newby

I also have good memories of "dag jumping" and catching tadpoles in the brook at Hilly Fields and Fourteen Arches. The wonderful smell of of the grass as we played "roly poly" down the hills and over the bumps. Games ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Rita Thompson Marston

I was born at number 19 The Green, Souldrop and spent my first 17 years of my life in the village. We moved from number 19 to The School House when I was six. My early memories are playing on the green with all of the other children and learning to ride a bicycle around it.

A memory of Souldrop in 1948 by Barry Newman

Mine is not so much my memory as an account of the doings/correspondance relating to Scackleton School from Sept 17th 1928 to the early 1930s. I picked up this school log book in a junk shop 30 years ago and it's just ...Read more

A memory of Scackleton

I attended the old Primary School (3 small classes) from 1955 to 1961 when I passed my 11 Plus and went on to the Kingsbridge Grammar. I remember the Headmistress Mrs Cooper who made us recite our Times Table and Hiawatha until ...Read more

A memory of Malborough in 1955 by Jill Adair

Knowing where to start with the many memories that I have of Groes Village is difficult. For many years my brother and I were dispatched, from our home in Hertfordshire, for the entire school summer holiday to stay ...Read more

A memory of Margam by Gwynneth Stanbrook

I have wonderful memories of sunny day outings to Haig Hall. Mum and I would catch the bus from Newtown to Wigan and then we would walk from the town centre up to the main gates. A short walk in from the main gates and the little tractor ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1954 by Christine Ackland (Nee Hunter)