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This is for Margaret Elliot, I am from Kent but my adopted Grandad, Fred (Frederick Joseph) Johnson was the landlord of the Plough Inn during and after the Second World War and my mother and I were evacuated there and ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth by elstonevans

This shows Swanwick Shore Road about 1 mile away from Sarisbury Green at the bottom of the hill. The road came off the A27 roughly opposite the Red Lion Inn at Lower Swanwick and followed the shore of the River Hamble through ...Read more

A memory of Lower Swanwick by Roger Pols

When I attended the school, the headmaster was Mr. G.J. Lomer (George). He lived at Lamb Park in Par.Other masters were Messrs. Lydiatt, Bassett, Ritchie. Mr. Ritchie's punishment was a slap on the calves. There were ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1940 by Melville Grigg

Our family are related to the George family who lived at Ynis Villa, Sennybridge. Often on weekends, and in the summers of 1955-60's we stayed with Aunty Sybil, Uncle Glasfryn George, and our grandparents. We ...Read more

A memory of Sennybridge by Joyce .Lloyd

Built as an Egg Farm and local produce outlet pre WW2 it became a Transport Café during the 1940's through the 1950's and into the 1960's. Well known on the A23. As a schoolboy I lived 100 yards south over the ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1954 by Tony Tester

I can remember going to the circus in the car park in Park Lane. It would have been in the early 50's which then became the site of the Tech College in later years. Also across the road was the fire station, before St George's ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Liz Morgan

I think the school was demolished in 2007 as I seem to remember there was a foundation stone built into the brick that said the school was built in 1908 and I thought it was a pity it didn't make its centenary. I agree, it was ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury in 1962 by Alan Grimshaw

contrary to your statement under history, of the memorial, it was not placed in a field , theres no field there , its part of the dene on a popular and very well used walk down to the bathing hole where we used swim and parents ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert by David Leckenby

During the early sixties I was friendly with the daughter at the Mardy, which was the big house left of the the picture, now I believe a hotel. She knew the old couple who lived at The Court very well. They were a Mr and Mrs Evans, always ...Read more

A memory of Pencoed

Another reason that I liked to visit Leatherhead was because my Auntie Mag had a shop there and I was always guaranteed a welcome that invariably included a sticky bun or some similar magnet to a young ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Brian Simmons