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I moved to the old side of Kemble last year, and the thing I love about the place, is that nothing is really a memory(ie: being in the past). The village seems to have remained unchanged, bar a couple of newer ...Read more

A memory of Kemble in 2009 by Kemble Kris

Now here's a place with some very happy memories. Beyond the field with the cows in was the BICC cricket ground (factory chimney in the background) - if you look closely the white building to the right of the ...Read more

A memory of Helsby in 1965 by Ian Champion

My first memory of Heathfield was when I was about 2 and a half and my mother taking me to the pictures there. I cannot remember the film but I can remember a lady sitting near us giving me a bar of ...Read more

A memory of Heathfield in 1930 by Kitty Hall

On the north bank of the Teign estuary between Bishopsteignton and Kingsteignton is a waterside pub - the Passage House Inn - reached at the far end of mile long lane. This was ...Read more

A memory of Bishopsteignton in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

My grandfather ran the Harvester Inn from 1940 (I think it was called the New Inn then) to the mid sixties His name was Maurice Herman and he ran it with his wife Elsie. I would go there in the summer holidays from about the age ...Read more

A memory of Galhampton by Judi Frewin

Ronald Newell, my father, moved from Potters Bar to Hardwick in 1946. He bought Hardwick Service Station from his brother in law (Bert Croad), who owned it during the second world ...Read more

A memory of Hardwick in 1950 by Martin Newell

I have very dear memories of Portrush in the 60's. My mum was born there. She lived with her Mum and Dad and two brothers and one sister in Harbour Road. Mum and her sister came over to England in the 50's. We used to go to ...Read more

A memory of Portrush in 1962 by Angela Swiffen

My family of 8 moved to Duke Bar in 1960. I was 6 years old. We lived on Pheasantford Street, which is not visible on the photo but it was a right turn before reaching the Duke of York Hotel. I worked at Hudson's cake shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Burnley in 1960 by Margaret Forrester

My memories take me back to South Bragar as a young boy of 9. My father, Angus Murray, born in No.30 moved to Glasgow many years before. But then and till this day I still go back with my family and tell them probably ...Read more

A memory of South Uist in 1972 by Norman Murray

I remember being one of the first families to move into Broad Parade (No.5) in 1955. My dad, Jim Weller, was the manager of Greens Stores, the grocers... the Wests, were our next door neighbours, with Al Milby and family ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1955 by Chris Weller