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I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield.  I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by David Pepin

My father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford 1949 to 1953.  My brothers, Peter, Michael and myself, Mary, went to the village school.  My older brother Richard went to school in Steeple Aston.  I remember the two ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1949 by mooremary4

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

Those of us at Colerne school who passed our 'scholarship' exam at the age of about eleven usually went on to Chippenham Secondary School, which probably goes under a different name now: it's at Hardenhuish, ...Read more

A memory of Colerne in 1940 by John Bunting

During WW2 I went to this venue to watch ice hockey. The teams playing were mainly, if not entirely, teams of Canadian servicemen from various UK stations. The team whose name I remember the best was from Down Ampney, ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1940 by Daphne Poynter

I was evacuated to Zeals during the war from London, to I think, Zeals House. I recall the airfield, and I remember a local pub, which I think had a yew tree outside. My folks and military members would drink and dance outside under the ...Read more

A memory of Zeals in 1940 by Peter Benniman

Late in 1945 my parents moved to 25 Busk Crescent, in Cove. The house was on top of a hill and overlooked the Farnborough airfield. From the front bedroom you could see aircraft landing on the runway. The house was one of a string of ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

My compliments, Francis. I grew up in Langdale Road, Ravenscliffe 1947-58. Your pictures brought lots of memories back: " the 2penny Rush" - first two rows at Greengates Flicks only cost 2 pennies; cycling along ...Read more

A memory of Greengates in 1949 by Dr Albert Amedeus Denzler

I moved to Watchfield in 1940 and left in 1950. My dad, Mr Woolman, worked for the army and had his office in Homelees Farm in the camp. What a change has taken place at Watchfield. Gone are the places we could play in safety. The ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1940 by Jennifer Morris Nee Woolman

My father was stationed at Chisledon Camp from 1939 to 1942. Living in Littlehampton on the south coast, threatened with invasion, my mother rented the end thatched cottage of the row of cottages which face the railway line ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by Glenister Bruce