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I was in the first intake of the newly built Chippenham Grammar School. When we arrived for our first day there were no chairs, as war had just been declared and all transport had been commandeered for the movement of ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 1930 by Joyce Holmes

Hello, my dad told me about that landmine and when he had to carry his little brother, Owen, downstairs when a bomb went off nearby. The family were the Ansons. Mother, Violet, dad, Lawrence Augustus and by the outset ...Read more

A memory of North End in 1930 by Kathryn Anson

I visited Halling frequently as a child, as my grandparents, Bill and Ethel King, ran the public house The Plough. I spent hours at the front window over the pub looking at the River Medway as it curved around the bend.

A memory of Halling in 1930 by Pauline Hart

Although I was born at 96 Manchester Road, I too remember Beaconsfield Street very well as my aunt and uncle lived there. Doe's anyone remember The Brownbills? I went to the Church School in the next street, before moving on to the ...Read more

A memory of Prescot in 1930 by Richard Ball

I was born in 1931, Middlesbrough. My parents were Thomas and Lily Hunt. My sister Sylvia, was born in 1937. From an early age, before and after Sylvia was born, mum would take us ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning in 1930 by Eric Hunt

I was born in 1930 at Rhydyfelin but moved to 37/38 Trehafod Road during 1931 and 1932 via Llwyncelyn. Both my father and grandfather worked at the colliery for a number of years. My grandfather, George Richards, ...Read more

A memory of Trehafod in 1930 by Allen Richards

My mum Jane Deal was born in West Ham on the 7thJune 1926 and later moved to East Ham 185 Central Park Road on the corner with Ladysmith Avenue. She lived there with her parents Jane and Arthur Deal. and her brothers Arthur and ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1930 by Gillian Barnes

I was born in 1931 in Bollingbroke Nursing Home and lived in Belleville Road next to Belleville Road School. Our house was requisitioned and knocked down to enlarge the school and so we moved to Hayes, Middlesex, in 1937, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by Marie Cull

I was born in 1937 and lived in Hilgay until 1949. I think I had an idyllic early childhood living in Hilgay. So many memories of swimming in the river in summer. Shopping for a new dress at "Auntie" Barbara Dent's little shop to wear ...Read more

A memory of Hilgay in 1930 by Freida Wright

Grandma, as a school girl in Bagillt. Louise Elizabeth Thomas went to school in the village and told a story about a boy in rags in class who lost his temper with the Headteacher, throwing an ink pot at her. That teacher went on to ...Read more

A memory of Bagillt in 1930 by Helen Chisholm