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I had heard of The Great Linford and can trace genealogy back to the one subjects that lived on the Great Linford although it is not named after any of my ancestors. In 2000, I had the opportunity to vist London and rented a ...Read more

A memory of Great Linford in 2000 by Paul Linford

I lived at the address which was the house on the corner of hogmoor Road and Station Road. The house was wood not tin as stated and was painted cream. Corrals coal were the owners and a coal yard was at the rear of the house,. . adjacent ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by John Watts

My father got a job in the mill in about 1950 and we moved into Mill House which is actually a part of the mill itself, on the right as you stand facing the building. I don't know what Bordon is like now, but in my day it had its ...Read more

A memory of Bordon in 1950 by Colin Noble

Hi, my mother-in-law, Barbara Linford was a student at Carshalton (or Sutton General - are they the same?) from 1961-1964 I think. Does anyone remember her? She was very close to a young Dr Bhatia as well and we'd be keen to see if anyone remembers him and knows anything of him now??

A memory of Carshalton in 1963 by Marion Leighton

Stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the mid 1960's, friends and I would drive out to Lynford Hall to have a pint in the pub there. You always felt like you were stepping back into the WW II era. The pub had a roaring ...Read more

A memory of Mundford by dgrafton1

The store on the cross roads in Lindford was named Cross Road Stores. My parents bought Cross Road Stores in I think 1962-63 and ran the stores for about 4 years, the stores and the house were very old, I was about 7 or 8 years ...Read more

A memory of Lindford in 1962 by Paul Vychodil

Daniel Gretton : Born: abt 1854 Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England   Died: 1913 Resided in Village Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England   Daniel was dis - owned by ...Read more

A memory of Newtown Linford in 1860 by Leigh Gretton

We moved here from Coventry in about 1956-1957, it was a 22 foot mobile home. We met Jack and Rene Linford who had an adopted daughter, Carol Linford, same age as me. "Uncle " Jack as I called him used to take us to ...Read more

A memory of Nuneaton by Angela Bolton

Loughton was the village I grew up in. A loveley village surrounded by countryside and farm land. I grew up in Railway Cottages, somtimes known as Fog Cottages. Me and my friend Marlene used to sit on the fence train ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1955 by Jose Mabbutt

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton