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I was at sun trap at the age of about 7 or 8 years old .I was. born in 1943 and was sent there after having a very serious. Illness.some happy memories but mostly remembering how hard it was for a small little girl .How hard ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by Julie Anker

When I was 5, my family moved to Lancing in 1952, from a flat above Elliott's Shoe shop, Brighton Road, Purley (London), to a rented a shared home "Suva" on the Brighton Road, Lancing - a stones throw from the beach. In 1953 we moved ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by janus2

I do not have that many clear memories from my stay there, I have a defence mechanism of blotting things out from my mind. I do not know exactly when I was there some time between 1974 - 1977. The only name I remember from that ...Read more

A memory of Barwick by Yuri Buxton

I can vividly remember seeing Miss Richmond & Miss Charlton...........Miss Richmond would whip me with a riding crop as I was a Anglican and not Catholic hence I was picked on..............they would make the boys drop their ...Read more

A memory of Manaccan by bmwsimon

I was sent to this place in the late 1950’s. I don’t know why I was sent but I remember having two separate visits of one month. I was only 4 or 5 when I went, but I don’t have many good memories of my time ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Paul Morrissey

I was at Alverstoke Childrens Home as a baby (I remember the hospital within the grounds and the beach being near by) till I left at 16 (1960ish - a Mr Thomas was in charge then). I remember a boy then named Oliver... ...Read more

A memory of Alverstoke by Gina Staniforth

I remember being on holiday in St Osyth. I was about 10 years old. In the 1950’s. We met a family and their son and I became friends during the holiday. The son was called Charles (Chas). His father caught a young shark. It lay on ...Read more

A memory of St Osyth by Maureen Harrison

I moved from Blyth to Seaton Sluice into a newly built house in Cresswell Avenue in 1957. Life as a child in the village was exciting; most days we would either play on the beach and harbour or the new ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice by Stuart Mc Leod

My first memories are of playing on the huge expanse of sand at West Wittering and the bombing tower which used to be there after the war. We stayed on the beach till late and were put to bed in the back of ...Read more

A memory of West Wittering by Marianne Stevens

I am looking for some historical images from my house on Chope Road. It is currently called Sundene and was built in 1920 as one large house, now separated into two. My understanding is that the house owned a lot of land, which is now Tudor ...Read more

A memory of Northam