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Hi everyone. I lived in Holcombe Rogus during the war years. My Father Leeming Greaves and Kathleen Korner had leased the Prince Of Wales Hotel. My brother Joseph and I attended the local School, I was 9 years old at ...Read more

A memory of Holcombe Rogus in 1942 by Jessie Sichter

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

Montague terrace was home to many children. I remember the Allen's, John, June, Barry, Hazel, Ivan & Valerie. The White's, Maurice and Barbara, The William,s and Smith,s, Joan, Roy, Margaret, Jeffrey, and at least three ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1949 by Barbara R Bryan

i was born in Algers Road, Loughton in 1942 and moved to Chigwell in 1944, then back to Buckhurst Hill in 1947.  My dad worked as a lorry driver for W.C.French. My brother Chris and friends used to walk up to Buckhurst Hill High Road ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1947 by Roger Walker

I have been told some information about the Jamaica Planter which was sunk off the Port of Barry, but cannot remember all the details. Is anyone able to help me? My father-in-law was aboard her on the two occasions she came in to ...Read more

A memory of Barry Dock in 1940 by Caroline Scott

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 Alfred Ward

We were living in Barry Island in south Wales, I was getting ready to take the 11 plus, one day when I came home from school my dad was waiting to tell me that we were on the move to Devon. We had spent four years on the Nells ...Read more

A memory of East Prawle in 1946 by Patricia Perring

I was born in Mountsorrel 1938 and soon moved to Sileby 10, Mountsorrel Lane with my mother Mabel Foukes [nee Burton]. My father Thomas was in the army and my mum worked at Newbold Burton and Lawson Ward. I remember convoys of ...Read more

A memory of Sileby in 1940 by David Foukes

Are there any who remember the Ravenswood Children's Home on Cliff Road Hornea? I would like to hear from anyone with knowledge of Ravenswood in the era from when it opened in 1948 to early 1950s when it was managed by Matron Muriel Williams. Barry S Britzman

A memory of Hornsea in 1949 by Barry S Britzman

I was born at 23 Cobham Terrace in 1943 and lived there until 1953 when we moved to Swanscombe. The road was very quiet then and as children we played in the ditch across the road. This "ditch" was once the water way that connected ...Read more

A memory of Greenhithe in 1943 by Bill Bloss