Early days with my Gordon Setter puppy I was born in Woolwich and brought up in Joydens Wood - a village close to Dartford in Kent (which makes it sound a lot more rural than it was). The village was named after a local woodland, about 360 acres in size, where my childhood friends and I spent much of our time. ...
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Dress rehearsal for Kika, the story of a little French mouse, who is going to be 5 years old! Her family has planned a birthday surprise - Photo: © The other Richard I love telling and sharing stories so when I was asked to share my story here of course I leapt at the chance! Actually I believe that we’re all ...
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I was born in Dorchester in December 1984, the oldest of two brothers. My father originally came from Wrexham in North Wales, his first posting in the army was in Dorset, where he met my mother. They only knew each other for three months before getting married and they’re still happily married to this day. Life ...
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I was born in Elland, Yorkshire in November, 1955. In the winter of 1957, we relocated to Grimsby in Lincolnshire. There was thick snow on the ground and so we took the train. Apparently I caused quite a stir on the trip to Grimsby. All I can remember is eating crisps and switching the lights on and off in the ...
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The 1st Totteridge Scout Band (I'm in the back row 3rd from the right) As with all English towns and villages, Cranleigh has seen enormous growth and change over the years, none more so than recently. What is so heartening is the knowledge that whatever challenges our village has faced, Cranleigh’s community never ...
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I was born in Liverpool, in 1951 in a house overlooking Sefton Park where we used to watch the Billy Smart’s Circus. I have a younger brother Maxwell, who has lived in Stockholm for over 30 years. He teaches English as a foreign language to accountants and lawyers and also works as a translator for government and ...
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Left to right, me and my son Miles negotiating a tricky section at the first round of the British Championship this year I’m a Cranleigh lad, born in Mount Alvernia Hospital, Guildford, when my parents were living in Mead Road. I was born in 1963, a memorable year when President Kennedy was shot and the beginning ...
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I was born in Tain in Ross-shire in 1936, in Scotland. Tain is a small town (population approx 4,000) in the Ross and Cromarty area, close to the scenic Dornoch Firth and boasts a number of attractions including Glenmorangie distillery and Balblair distillery. Inverness is about a 45 minute drive south. I was the ...
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I’ve lived in Cranleigh for nearly twenty-one years now and work as a professional singer, singing teacher, vocal and performance coach, I run the Cranleigh Community Choir (which is just entering its fourteenth year) and I’m the Artist Manager for Eleanore & the Lost. For a very long time I’ve also been doing ...
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Me in my first hand made 'go kart' made out of an old Suffolk Punch lawnmower engine stuck on the back. It had no brakes! I was 8 years old when I started to build it I was born in Guildford and grew up in Ewhurst where my parents had a house on Pitch Hill. My first school was Ewhurst Primary then I went to ...
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