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My grandmother, Beatrice May Palmer, was baptised at St. Nicholas Church her dob July 13th, 1893.

A memory of Boston in 1890 by Patricia Dolby

Born and bred in Woodford. Had a paper round at WH Smith on the Woodford railway station. Not too bad in the summer but freeezing cold on the winter mornings. Sang in the choir at St Barnabas Church and receive 3 ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1955 by Mike Francis

I visited Thorne a few years ago to attend a 90th birthday party with the Scutt family and lots of other people. The hospitality of all of those people that I met was second to none. The party was held in the Southfield Road Club and ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by John Wallace

I visited Thorne a few years ago to attend a 90th birthday party with the Scutt family and lots of other people. The hospitality of all of those people that I met was second to none. The party was held in the Southfield Road ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by John Wallace

Bristol's High Street scene of many strirring events in Bristol's history the heart of the city was destroyed and lost forever in 1940. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Paul Townsend

I lived in Dorking from 1945 to 1964 and was having a nostalgic browse through web sites associated with the area and found this photograph. I went to St Nicholas Preparatory School, as it was then, from 1951 to 1954 as a day boy, ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham by Andrew Davis

I traced my family ancestry to St Stephen in Cornwall as far back as the 1500s. My husband and I visited England in 2005, and spent some time in Cornwall. As an Australian of several generations, I am fascinated to know where the ...Read more

A memory of St Stephen in 2005

The Llandoger Trow - It is rumoured that Daniel DeFoe had met Alexander Selkirk ( shipwrekced sailor who had been rescued by a Bristol ship) in the Llandoger, on whose story he based his book 'Robinson Crusoe'. The ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

I just had contact recently with a girl that went to Suntrap at the same time as me. Her name is Olwyn Weaver. My name is Nicholas Brown. I attended ST school from mid April 1967 to July 1968. It was a ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by nickbrown0956

An Idyllic Childhood - a Memory of Stretton under Fosse. I enjoyed reading your piece Jane, I remember you so well. I lived at Newbold Revel, Stretton-Under-Fosse from 1953 - 1977, together with my siblings - ...Read more

A memory of Stretton under Fosse by Teresa O'sullivan