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I was at Fairfield, late 70s, miss Brooke,was head & she would bounce up drive with tress her Labrador every morning while we were at breakfast,miss coyne became deputy head,& her dogs poppy & berry & that VW She ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by emerald1960.td

I used to live on The American Airbase at Boreham Airfield. There was the Ford's race track there which me and my brother used to go to. We nipped under the fence and watched the races and then collected ...Read more

A memory of Boreham in 1951 by Margaret Dennis

I was sent by train to Neath (from London during the Blitz) for collection by my grandparents, Richard & Priscilla Phillips. Being only 2 or 3 at the time, I remember the house being to one side of a shop on Mountain ...Read more

A memory of Brynamman in 1940 by David Phillips

After attending Newton village school from the age of 5 to 14, I found employment at a place called Tholthorpe where a new airfield was being built. Being 12 miles from my home I had to use a bicycle to get there ...Read more

A memory of Newton-on-Ouse in 1989 by Guy Jefferson

My sister and I were evacuated to St Merryn in 1940. I was aged 6 and my sister aged 11. We lived in Bermondsey, London. I shall always remember our first night in St Merryn. We were sitting in the School Hall,and were the ...Read more

A memory of St Merryn in 1940 by Bill Killick

My Dad was a gardener at Iden Old Manor which was owned by the Walmsley family. I went to school in the village, the only names I can remember are Victor Springate and the Murray family. My first bicycle was purchased from the shop ...Read more

A memory of Staplehurst in 1940 by Ann Dicks

I was born near Lords Cricket Ground in London in 1933 and came to Hanwell soon after where my family settled in Greenford Avenue. Hobbayne School was a few yards down the road so I started my education there. In 1939 the Second ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1940 by John Chant

In 1940, we were evacuated to the village of Metfield, with my mother and brothers. A Mr and Mrs Godbold let us move into one of their cottages on the farm. On going to school, the local children would call us 'the ...Read more

A memory of Metfield in 1940 by Douglas Smith

We lived in a council house adjacent to the Star Brush factory where my father worked for some years before we moved to Peppard. While our house was very modern by some standards, we had no electricity for some years, but we did ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Row by Brian Carter

My family moved to Cannons Green from London in 1953. We were viewed with some suspicion as there were few outsiders at that time. Who were we, why had we come there?! When I started at the primary school in 1956 my dad would sometimes ...Read more

A memory of Fyfield in 1953 by Joan Johnstone