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Re The Barbers Shop
I was born in 1935 so I was a bit too young to remember Mr Day. However I do remember seeing a row of cutters in a rack along the mantleshelf. I lived on South Street just out of picture on the right hand side, 3 doors up from Garrets shoe shop.
A memory of Sebastopol in 1940 by
Diving Rock
This rock is known locally as "Tom Barbers Rock". This name was given as Tom Barber died as he hit the rocks below when diving.
A memory of Looe in 1940 by
Wartime Memories Of Hay Part Two
Memories of Hay during the Second World War: Part Two. (Continued from Part One) Thoughts of 'Dad's Army' remind me that the local Home Guard occasionally used Forest Road for some kind of exercise. I've dim ...Read more
A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by
Wartime Boarding School
I was evacuated from London to Blewbury Healm-wic Boarding School in 1941 (the thatched cottage shown in the photograph). The Williamson sisters ran the school, owned I believe by their brother, a naval architect (submarines). ...Read more
A memory of Blewbury in 1940 by
Stanley Road, South Harrow
I lived with my foster family in Stanley Road South Harrow, during the war. Our house backed on to the gas works and I always wanted to climb the gasometer which I did eventually with a friend from across the road. At ...Read more
A memory of South Harrow in 1940 by
Pantddu Farm And Aberbeeg
I grew up in the farm in the picture. My parents were Ern and Megan Sheppard. Dad delivered milk for many years, initially from churns carried around in a horse and cart and later the milk was in glass bottles from a ...Read more
A memory of Aberbeeg in 1940 by
My Home
I was born in Church Street in 1940, next to the Fox & Duck public house. I went to Layston School, Mrs Skipp was head teacher. I played for the Fords in the early 60s. Mrs Mayes kept the shop opposite. The butcher shops in those ...Read more
A memory of Buntingford in 1940 by
High Street Longton In The 40s And 50s
Barbara Johnson's memories brought back some of my own from the High Street days. Those rows of shops Barbara describes provided all the locals with everything they needed. I remember going over the road from the ...Read more
A memory of Longton in 1940 by
Halcyon Days
During the Second World War a land mine fell by parachute in Courtleet Bottom, somewhere near the junction with Rydal Drive, I believe they called in the navy bomb disposable team. I went to Barnehurst School, Mrs Mumford was the head ...Read more
A memory of Barnehurst in 1940 by
Good Teachers
Does anyone remember the teachers at the Sutton Primary School? The Headmaster Mr. Curwen, Mr. Andrews, Miss Staines, and Miss Walker. In those days we spent a lot of time outside in the countryside studying nature, dancing around ...Read more
A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1940 by
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