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When the Second World War was declared, my family consisted of Mum and Dad, my elder brother Bob and my baby sister Ann. I was four, Bob was eleven and Ann was three. My father was a staff sergeant in the ...Read more

A memory of Penton Grafton in 1940 by David Fort

Has anyone got any photos of the prefabs on Cuckoo Estate? I would love to see them. I lived on the estate as a small child and my memories are vague, it would be nice to refresh them. Also just outside of the estate I seem to ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1955 by Gillian Mower

I have a copy of a marriage certificate, of a marriage which took place in Allensmore Church in 1824, between JAMES PRITCHARD and MARTHA PREECE, has anyone got any further information they can give me? (These persons were my Great/Great/Grandparents).

A memory of Allensmore by John Williams

When my parents came over from Ireland in the 1940s we lived for a time in Old Heath House, on the Stafford Road. My older sister and I used to walk to Coven School, no cars to take us to school in those days. In the very bad ...Read more

A memory of Coventry in 1940 by Heather Graham

I was there - in 1962? I put this date because I wasn't quite sure of the true date, but I left in 1963. I have not got any pictures of my time there but I loved it. It was a very imposing building, I wonder if anyone has any more recent photos of it? If so, please contact me. Paul.

A memory of Gravesend in 1962 by Paul Dowling

My name is Trina Sullivan nee Grayson,I am researching my family tree and wonder if anybody in the Belvedere area knew of The Graysons, interested in the Greengrocers in Lower Belvedere. Run buy John Darley Grayson and Edith Maud ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere by Trina Sullivan

My mother and brother were evacuated to Mafeking Row, Shirburn during the war and for a number of years we used to spend school holiday time there. No electric lights - only oil lamps, no heating - only coal fired range cooker for ...Read more

A memory of Shirburn by Brian Jeffreys