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We moved to Lymm from Altrincham soon after the war when my mother remarried (she was a war widow).  It was lovely having a new Council house which had a bathroom and inside toilet - I had been used to an outside toilet and ...Read more

A memory of Lymm in 1947 by Margaret Hampson

I went to Arley Castle as a boarder in 1943/44. It made a lasting impression on me. The Arboretum was my favourite place and we had names for many of the trees which we would climb from time to time. Miss Kell and Miss ...Read more

A memory of Upper Arley in 1943 by lucyontheinternet

I started school in Smallfield in 1934. In those days there were bucket lavatories. The sewer was laid in 1938 and then most of Smallfield was able to do away with the buckets. There were 3 teachers, Miss Kempshall who came from ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1945 by Dennis Stenning

I have happy memories of visiting Croston in the late 1940s-early 1950s. My aunt and uncle, Margaret and Bob Chisholme, lived in part of the Rectory for a few years before moving to a large, rambling house in Station Road next to ...Read more

A memory of Croston in 1947 by Anne Baron

Hello, my name is Fred Clarke, I was at the orphanage called Pilgrims Wood, in Sandy Lane, in 1945/46. I remember the searchlights and the barrage balloons on the Hogs Back. We used to play in the woods, and go to the church ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1945 by Frederick Clarke

Just before I left school in July 1948 I with my mother, cousin Isabel, and aunt Hannah travelled down from Gateshead to visit my aunt Susie and uncle Don who lived in the dolly houses in Little Oakley. I recall there ...Read more

A memory of Harwich in 1948 by Les May

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

I too was one of the London evacuees taken to St Day school to be selected by a villager; Miss Murton a shop owner took me into her home. Miss Murton gave up her shop with the rationing and coupon counting. Can anyone tell ...Read more

A memory of St Day in 1940 by Joan Barnard

I was at school in the 1940s. I remember a teacher there, I believe he was a Mr Davis. I remember the annual sports, these were held on a field just a short walk from the school. The days of the great snow fall in 1947, living ...Read more

A memory of Mountnessing in 1940 by D Avid Emberson

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison