Visiting Niagra Falls, what an experience I was born in 1963 in St Luke’s Hospital, Guildford and lived in Witley. My dad was a quantity surveyor and mum did secretarial work and eventually set up her own business called ‘Mayday Employment Agency’. I have 4 sisters and had 1 brother. We were one big crazy family! ...
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Working in our newsagents shop in Cranleigh was never dull JANET: My parents, Ken and Joan, originated from Streatham, London and moved out to Sussex in the 1950’s. I was born in Brighton. I am one of seven children, 4 boys and 3 girls. Sadly, one of my brothers lost his life in a motorcycle accident when he ...
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Me running in my amateur days as Susan Tooby SUSAN: I was born and brought up in a little village called Woolhope, in Herefordshire, which is a small, rural community, smaller than Rudgwick, where I live now. I’m one of four children. I have an identical twin, Angela and two brothers. My parents divorced when we ...
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Flying over the South coast of England 05/02/2020 © Richard Bryant I was born in Hammersmith and in my early childhood we lived in a prefab in Northolt in what was then Middlesex, moving then to a new build Council house which even had ground floor central heating – quite a luxury in those days. My junior school ...
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I grew up in Highcliffe, on the south coast. The beach was a twenty-minute walk from my parents’ home and my friends and I spent most of our school holidays exploring the cliffs or swimming in the sea. I was lucky, at age 11, to join a fantastic local scout group. As well as camping trips in the summer holidays and ...
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My great, great uncle, Bill Langfield, sitting in the 1935 Donington Grand Prix-winning, 1932-34 Alfa Romeo Tipo B Grand Prix Monoposto which he helped convert from a racing car to a road car in 1948 for it's then owner Charles Brakenbury My love for car restoration and transport memorabilia started off when I was ...
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I was born in 1985, in Perivale, West London and grew up there. I have three older sisters and I’m the youngest of the bunch. I grew up in the same house as a fairly big family with my mum, dad and three sisters. My father ran a Londis store, as a Newsagent, so in a way being a shopkeeper has always been a part of ...
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Me and my brother Born in the county of Shropshire, I grew up a little bit further north of Cranleigh, in a little village called Wem, which is a tiny little place in the countryside. I absolutely loved it and have fond memories of my childhood there - it’s a great place! I have quite a big family, being one of ...
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I was born in Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika) and lived in Africa up until the age of 4. My father was farming out there, unfortunately we moved back to the UK when I was very young so I never got to really appreciate the country or continent. We moved back to the Mendips, in Somerset where my father continued to ...
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I have always lived in Surrey. I was born in March 1975 in Chertsey. My parents moved to Abinger Hammer and we lived there for years. I moved to Cranleigh about 18 years ago, so I’ve always lived around this area. I was fortunate enough to go to the Royal Grammar school in Guildford. It’s a very good school. The ...
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