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Over here in the United States of America most of the many thousands of Pease family members owe their existence to the brothers Robert & John Pease whose family line lived in ...Read more

A memory of Great Baddow by William Pease

My great grandfather, Henry William Peckham was a fishmonger, mentioned in Brown's Directory of 1882.  He is reputed to have owned some land on the coast/beach/promenade at Douglas.  Here fish was sold 'on the front' from a ...Read more

A memory of Douglas by Lynne Mc Carrick

I found an old postcard of Porthminster Beach recently in a charity shop in Devon. I was intrigued by the message, it was addressed to a Miss Johnson at Pedn Olva House and something tragic had obviously happened as it talked of ...Read more

A memory of St Ives in 1964

My son has moved to Pegswood from Berkshire and his son , my grandson goes to this school , He likes it very much and can't say enough good about the teachers , He has settled in well there . My son and daughter in law like it in ...Read more

A memory of Pegswood by peter_john_green

Hi from David Stewart, I have a brother Maurice and a sister Elaine, we lived at No 1 Tudno Place, Penlan, and went to St. Joseph's School. When my sister was born we had to move to a bigger place, and ...Read more

A memory of Penlanau in 1946 by David Stewart

I was also a pupil at Friar Park from 1955 to 1962. I have nothing but wonderful memories of this amazing school. As a little girl the endless drive with rhododendron bushes eventually opening into this huge circle ...Read more

A memory of Henley-on-Thames by Catherine Edwards

My parents bought an old railway carriage bungalow at 66 East Front Rd, on Pagham Beach in the early 1990's.  The place was a total dump, so they burned it down on the beach and built a brand ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1994 by Kate Tayman Hammersley

This picture shows the beach and the Eastern Esplanade at the Thorpe Hall Boulevard Junction. The elaborate shelter was built as the Thorpe Bay Terminus Waiting Room for the Southend Corporation Tramways before the Esplanade Line was linked ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Bay by julian

My wife came across John Baylies memories of Jack Spence. I was the little lad who also helped bring water from the spring. I only lived over the fields and was always down the lake, I remember the rowing boats blue & ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1958 by Daniel Lees

As a child our dog MAC had his boarding holidays with a Mrs Crawford who had a pig farm somewhere off Strathaven Road. I remember my dad driving up the farm road to the farm and the pigs seemed so big and dirty to us little children. ...Read more

A memory of Eaglesham by Lorna Cupples