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The Marl hole was the fun place for every Rubery kid, originaly there were three clay pits, the clay being used to supply the Brick & tile works which was situated at the end of the Avenue. The cottages along the Avenue and in ...Read more

A memory of Rubery in 1958 by Alan Dugmore

When we moved to Spinkhill in 82 there were many people who had lived in the village for quite some time. Gerard Cross and his two sisters Beryl and Agnes were one family. Beryl was a teacher at Spinkhill School for many ...Read more

A memory of Spinkhill in 1982 by Anita Staniforth

I went to Horden Cross Roads Senior School and remember the view from the Class Room. It looked over the old Pit Head and allotments and I loved it. I once did a painting of it and I wish I had that picture now as it has changed so ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1965

Where you lived in the prefabs is where I lived on the new estate after the prefabs were pulled down and the new estate was built in the 1960s. I was born in 1968 at 83 Martin Road on the corner of Park View and lived there till 1997, ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by John Shrimpton

Before the 1944 Education Act most children attended schools up to the age of 14 years then they left to seek employment unless they had been fortunate to secure a free place at a Grammar or Technical ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1900 by Will Clark

I spent my childhood in Wortley, born and bred around th church of St John's the Evangelist at 35a Dixon Lane. I went to school at Upper Wortley and spent many happy hours around Wortley and "The Rec". We moved ...Read more

A memory of Lower Town in 1944 by Keith Hatfield

My Great Grandfather was the Ferryman from East Mersea to Brightlingsea, he was Horatio Charles Mole. There are many family members on the Island but somehow the ones I am in touch with cannot find the house where he lived at the time ...Read more

A memory of East Mersea in 1930 by Dorothy Joyce Cox

Hello, I was at this children's home for a few months around Christmas time around 1947-49. I am trying to put the pieces together as to why I was sent there and what it was all about, as my ...Read more

A memory of Corfe Mullen in 1948

I lived at 61, COVENTRY RD, PAILTON and went to this school. My best friend was Christine Bakewel that lived at No. 34. My Dad died in our house when I was 2 weeks off 11 and he is buried in the church in ...Read more

A memory of Monks Kirby by Angela Bolton

I remember spending many hours at the lido with my sister and my friends, and the memory of buying cups of hot bovril from the hut, warming up and enjoying it so much. And the endless hours of fun spent there.

A memory of Eastleigh by Vera Brindley