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Sorry - I got it wrong - the year of my memory of Rag Week was 1959. One of the other memories on this site related to Councillor Thurlow, who was Mayor of Durham in 1956. In that year - November - the Queen Mother came to ...Read more

A memory of Durham in 1959 by Diana Dioszeghy

I have only just disovered this page, just amazing to think that I was born in such a beautiful place, and the home of Lord Rootes. I was born on 17th January 1940, my mother always said it was a lovely house, the winter ...Read more

A memory of Langley in 1940 by Ron Fairhurst

I am puzzled as to which year this photo was taken. It must have been very late fifties because my earliest memory of The Rest Garden, as we called it, was when it was still recognizeable as a graveyard. The gravestones ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

Hello. My dad, Horace Jenkins, worked as a coach lettering painter for British Rail in Thornaby for most of his life. He died at 17 The Larches, Teesville in 1953 at the age of 46. He was the best lettering ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1950 by Muriel Redd

Hi, I have been looking for a site like this so I could look back at Pinehurst. I was the longest serving boy at the home - went in at 8 and came out at 16. 1979 was when I started a good life there. I have so many great ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1979 by Bruce Ingles

My name in the sixties was Marilyn Pooley, I lived at St Blazey and went to Fowey School. I have been raising my family for the last 40 years and now fancy looking back at my younger days. One of the ...Read more

A memory of Tywardreath in 1966 by Marilyn Brown

My grandfather was the owner of Gaywood Hall; my mother lived here with her four sisters. I still have old photos and I'm hoping to visit for my 70th birthday in September 2013 with my two children. I cannot remember ...Read more

A memory of Gaywood in 1910 by Gillian Barallon

My mother,Margaret Newell was employed at the Mount Pleasant Post Office HQ, London. In 1940 she was moved to Bournemouth where I believe the Forces Postal Service had been headquartered. ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Martin Newell

I would like a photo of St Mary's School (C of E) Churchyard ,Hitchin, Hertfordshire where I spent my childhood. I know it was pulled down in around 1970. Thank you Effie Lewis

A memory of Hitchin in 1952

I lived in 16 Newlyn House firstly, and then moved to 52 Falmouth House. I remember the blitz still; we lived in the shelter four nights in a row at one time, the air raids never semed to stop. I was born in 1934 so was still a ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1944 by Colin Archibald