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Around 1943 or 1944 my brother Bob, and I were evacuated from London to live at this lovely address - now Yeldham Road - and to equally lovely people by the name of Smith. Victor and Gladys who became our much loved second ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham in 1940 by Patricia Maynard

NO 4 THE GAP My memory of Marcham started in 1946-7. My grandmother, Lydia Lawrence, used to live at no 4 The Gap. She was born in Long Wittemham, then she married ...Read more

A memory of Marcham in 1946 by Graham Davis

My name is David Jones, and I remember this street well - opposite & to the right (out of pic) was the local dairyman, who used to deliver milk from the back of a dog-cart.. Further behind the Capel was the Workmans ...Read more

A memory of Glanaman in 1946 by xpara

I started school at the age of five following in the footsteps of my brother John and sister Pam and walking each day to school from Quarr Lane, sometimes we used the footpath starting at Frogmore farm and coming out above the ...Read more

A memory of Chideock in 1943 by Patricia Homewood

I remember moving to Twycross with Mum and Dad (Leslie and Louie Jones) and it was in the middle of the war.  Dad had to go into the RAF and I remember going to Atherstone Station to meet him one day when he came home ...Read more

A memory of Twycross in 1941 by Cecily Hart

People in my class at Forfar Academy included; John Hopkinson, George Peters, Ronald Cable, Ian Donald, Peggy Bell, Diana Thomson, Ray Irvine, Jean Kerr and Frances Stewart. Other names I remember were; Bruce Smith, Ella Clark, ...Read more

A memory of Forfar in 1941 by Robert Simpson

Hi, I am wondering if anyone can help me, I am searching for anyone who knew a lady called Joan or Lucy Clarke, born 1921. I'm not sure if she was born in Hadfield or Yorkshire but I do know she spent time in ...Read more

A memory of Hadfield in 1940 by Christine Clarke

My mother and father had their honeymoon in Llanddulas. It was the favourite camping place for the company of the Boys' Brigade attached to our church in Denton, near Manchester. My first memory of this place ...Read more

A memory of Llanddulas in 1943 by Bob Wagstaff

I remember living in Rutland Road, Forest Gate in 1944, after being evacuated to Yorkshire, we lived at number 21 Rutland Road, my grandparents lived at no 19, and my uncle and aunt lived at no 17. There was a ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1944 by Robert Munn

My father built a caravan just after the war, we took it to Primrose Valley in 1946 and sited it in The Close after negotiating the rent with Mr Smart who was the manager, also the same family as the shop owner. ...Read more

A memory of Primrose Valley in 1940 by David Winn