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CHAPTER TWO School Years - Convent of the Visitation 1939-1945 One’s school years leave an indelible impression on one for good or bad. My views over these years in this regard, have modified considerably. ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

It is with found memories of growing up in the war years that I look back on my time in Palmers Green.   We had moved from Tottenham in 1940 when I was 6 years old into the shop and house opposite the Fox Lane Almshouses. My ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1941

In 1949 I was a pupil at Wrens Warren Camp School near Colemans Hatch. The school was housed in long huts which I believe to have been used in the war. It was a school for children who had been ill and needed some ...Read more

A memory of Colemans Hatch in 1949 by Maureen Davies

I am not old enough to go back to 1925 but going back to an eleven year old I can remember Nonsuch Park being cropped during the war with cereals. We were able to walk through the park to the mansion & gardens & the only ...Read more

A memory of Cheam in 1944 by Brian Mackie

I was born in a masonette in Beverley Gardens, Western Avenue, in the middle of an air raid in 1943. Yes, I do rememebr buying an ice cream from Creamery Fare in Greenford. My local shops were across the road in ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1940

We originally lived in Camberwell and were bombed out in the blitz of 1940. After sleeping on the platform of the Elephant & Castle underground train station for a few weeks, my dad found us a house to rent on ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone in 1940 by Reg Ware

My parents and I spent a very enjoyable week at Moreton Paddox when it was run by the WTA. At the finish of our week we went to Wales but, as I was awaiting my School Certificate results, I journeyed back alone to the Paddox ...Read more

A memory of Moreton Paddox in 1948 by Jeffrey Cox

I remember the huts in Thames Rd - I lived in No.14, adjacent to the allotments from birth until I was 5 yrs old. Then moved to 46 Howard Rd Barking between Abbey Rd and Gascoigne Rd great memories of both homes. Vivid memories of ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1949 by Graham Smith(Mancey)

I remember the Tay Mill Lodge very well. I lived just opposite at no 1 Stilton Street next door was my friend Alice Newton and family, wonder where they are now. When I lived there the mill was still in use, but not as a cotton ...Read more

A memory of Higginshaw in 1940 by Mavis Hague Nee Lees

I lived on Darren Road, my aunt took me in as an evacuee. My uncle, an electrican looked after the power staion. The pool I remember well, many a happy hour spent there, also the bowling green. Myself and friends used to spend a ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1943