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Memories Of A Young Boy
I was born at what was then no 5 Chain Terrace in 1935. My name then was Arthur O'Hara. My surname has since been changed to Harrow. The photo of Chain Terrace in this site shows the house that I was born in (I think), with ...Read more
A memory of Creetown in 1940 by
Lucan Villa With The Ellicot Family
During the Second World War the Buckle family lived in Embankment Road with Aunt Laura Ellicot when the bombing got too dangerous for us to stay in the city of Plymouth. So we went with Aunt Laura and her ...Read more
A memory of Luson in 1940 by
My Time At Salfords School
I started at Salfords school when I was about five around 1935. My first teacher was Miss Licence. Later I had Miss Kick and Miss Ferguson. There were no male teachers. The headmistress was Miss Atherton who had an Austin ...Read more
A memory of Salfords in 1940 by
Living There
As a young boy I used to stay at my aunt's house in Commons Lane. It may well be the house pictured? During summer school hols my brother Ken and I were often taken by our 'mam' on the Ribble bus to Mellor Brook, from where we had to ...Read more
A memory of Balderstone in 1940 by
Stondon Massey The Place Where I Was Born
I was 5 years old when the Second World War started. My father Alec Lawlor and mother Thirza Booty Lawlor along with my little brother Brian and myself were living in Bristol, West England at the time. ...Read more
A memory of Stondon Massey in 1940 by
War
The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1940 by
Dorstone In The Golden Valley
In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more
A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by
Portsmouth Guildhall
Visiting the website I discovered a photograph of Portsmouth Guildhall which brought back sad memories. On 10th January 1941 the city was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe including incendiaries on the Guildhall. On the morning ...Read more
A memory of Portsmouth in 1941 by
Upper Day House
The women of my father's family decided to go to Shropshire to get away from the bombs in London. There were about 7 women, mostly Harts, who went & rented Upper Day House with their children, about 10/11 children. The farm ...Read more
A memory of Church Preen in 1941 by
Plymouth Burning
I remember sitting on my Grandma's knee at the back bedroom window in Costly Street, watching the sky flickering as Plymouth burned. I was very very young, but the memory remains...
A memory of Plymouth in 1941 by
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