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I was a National Service Concript , January 1947 . ( Coldest Winter for years ) . I was posted to Lydd camp with the 30th Light Ack Ack , Regiment Royal Artillery . 18yrs of age . When I saw Romney Marsh on the Postings Board . I was ...Read more

A memory of Lydd in 1947 by David Miller

I was born in 1933. My family lived in Nansen Street, Salford until 1939, when we moved to 27 Winster Ave off Littleton Rd where I attended St Sebastian School off Whit Lane througout the war. In 1947, by ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1947

I lived with my family, the Widdowsons, at 6 Beck Road South from 1938 to the late 50s. Dad, Douglas, was the Branch Manager at the Co-op at Register Square in town. I remember playing cricket on Crane Hill ...Read more

A memory of Beverley in 1940 by Joan Roseveare

On this photograph there is a little 'bump' on the horizon just below Warsett.  That 'bump'  is 3 railway cottages and my Dad lived in No. l with his parents and brother and sister around 1912 - 13ish when he was ...Read more

A memory of Saltburn-By-The-Sea in 1947 by Georgina Smiles

Since my birth coincided exactly with the outbreak of World War II in the September of 1939, my mum must have felt that childbirth was synonymous with calamity;  I was Mum's 'war effort'. Home was a semi-detached two-storey ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1945 by Heather Rohrer

It was that cold, cold winter of 43/44 during the war that I remember so well. Please forgive me for I was not a Fair Oak boy but my memory is from there. I lived in Bishopstoke as a lad before, during and ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1943 by Frederick Cannock

I remember starting infants school at Bassett Street School. Here there were 3 separate schools, one for infants, one for junior girls and one for junior boys all up to the age of 11 years. We had to ...Read more

A memory of South Wigston in 1945 by Richard Child

Hambledon Hill played a great part in the first 15 years of my life as it did for most children of the village. My very first memory is the huge bonfire built on top of the hill to mark the end of WW2, both my Father (Guy ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1940 by David Moon

My name is Howard Johnson. I lived in Thompsons Lane. I went to Old School  1945-53. Mr Cleary was my first  headmaster, replaced by Mrs Jones. Teachers were Mr Mogeridge, Miss Pitt, Miss Abbot. I was in the football team ...Read more

A memory of Denmead in 1945 by hojo1

I arrived at Winnersh Halt Railway Station for the first time in 1946, aged 8 years. I had travelled by train from Newcastle upon Tyne with my suitcase and a label pinned to my coat accompanied only by ...Read more

A memory of Winnersh in 1946 by Audrey Gowers