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I was born in this house, in October 1949, Janet Ruth Green. My parents were Alma and Ernest Green. My sister Susan and brother Edward also lived there at that time. Unfortuneatly my father died in1952 and the house was sold. I believe it eventually was turned into flats.

A memory of Crediton in 1949 by Janet Kealy

Church House Farm was a large white building nestled neath the shadows of the great Yew trees that bordered the graveyard of All Saints Church, Shelsley Beauchamp, the other side of the River Teme from Shelsley Walsh. The ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Walsh by Antony Cook

I had a spell of six weeks at St Mary's, my sister came along with me for company. I suffered from chest infections and was sent there hoping the sea air might go me good. I remember going down the stone steps to the beach. Every day ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1955 by Jan Arblaster

My husband's father Frank Baker, worked at Starting Post Farm on All Alone Road near Idle. His cousin Albert Drew, was in the fields with him when a German air plane came down. Does anyone have any memories of this and know the time of day ...Read more

A memory of Saltaire in 1941

I sometimes stayed with my Uncle Frank and Auntie Florrie Allen in Stoford in the 1940s and 1950s. He was a signalman for the Southern Railway at Yeovil Pen Mill Station and would ...Read more

A memory of Stoford in 1954 by John Howard Norfolk

I have really good memories of Martock. During the Second World War, some time in the 1940s, I along with some other boys from Farningham Home For Little Boys was evacuated to Yeovil and Martock. We were taken ...Read more

A memory of Martock in 1943 by David Roberts

Hi, my name is Lorraine, my surname was Humphreys at the time I spent my early childhood in Horden with my nana and grandad, both sadly gone now. I lived at 90 Seventh Street, I went to school on the top road we used to call 'the ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1971 by Lorraine Irle

Well I suppose my memories of Prestwich go back to early 1940s when I started school at Park View Primary with Mr Rigby as Headmaster. He wasn't reluctant to cane the boys for any misdemeanour even at the ages of 5 to 11. ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich in 1947 by Fred Plant

When my parents, my sister Maureen and I moved from Edgbaston, Birmingham to live with my paternal grandparents Harriet and Samual Cook at the General Store, New Mill Bridge, I had to attend school. My ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Walsh by Antony Cook

About 1963 - I was a waitress at Pitts Cottage when it became an exclusive restaurant. The owner was a race driver ???? Parker, and the manager was Bernard Audergon from Switzerland. I also worked after school and weekends before ...Read more

A memory of Westerham in 1963 by Marion Del Favero