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1936 - my father Ernest Eldridge and mother Violet and myself Barbara moved from Dorchester on Thames to Drayton St Leonards. My mother's friend May Rusher (wife of Frank Rusher) arranged for the cottage next ...Read more

A memory of Drayton St Leonard in 1930 by Barbara Gibson

I was born on New Road, Crickhowell in the year of your photograph of 1931 and I love the town. I left there in the late 1930s, only to return in 1949, leaving in 1955, but I return each year to visit old places and tend the ...Read more

A memory of Crickhowell in 1930 by George Evans

Born in Mill Lane in Broughton Astley on 3rd May 1926, I started school at B/Astley C of Primary in 1931 as a five year old. We would be 'called to school' by the ringing of the bell housed in the ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

We were twin sisters, Audrey and Yvonne Long. We were evacuated to Burwash, I only have a photo of us sitting in a field somewhere with more young children of our age, and some younger. I have no memories of the ...Read more

A memory of Ticehurst in 1930 by Yvonne Taylor

I arrived in Trafford Park in 1936 as I had moved from Chorlton cum Hardy with my sister Marjorie and mother Marjorie. My father had died in 1930. Mother rented a shop at 392 Third Avenue and I started at TP Council School aged ...Read more

A memory of Trafford Park in 1930 by Ken Binks

I was evacuated to Kibworth three times; in 1939 I came probably from my school, Newington Green in North London. i stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Dinkley. After a few months, a bomb fell in Kibworth, probably on the way to ...Read more

A memory of Kibworth Beauchamp in 1930 by Dorothy Beth

My father Fred, went to this school many years ago. He remembers the swimming pool that was at the far end of the playing field (now coverd by weeds and trees), the boys would swim in the summer months. Sadly there was a ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1930 by Pauline Simmons

I was born in Hope Hospital 1937, lived at 4 Woden Street Salford 5. I went to St Bartholomews School On Tatton Street. At that time I was Ivy Stephens. Now I live in the USA in Las vegas, Nevada. I have lived in the states ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1930 by Ivy Gross

I went to a scool in Ardley just out of Cottred. We moved to Cumblow Green, Borlaces Farm, living in a first war army hut left over. It had an iron stove in the middle of just a large room, it used to get red hot on top, burning ...Read more

A memory of Cottered in 1930

Hi, I was in the Hutton Residential School from 1930 to 1939. Mr Higden was the Headmaster. We had a big dining hall where all the boys had their meals - it was more like a scene from the film, Oliver, [food ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield in 1930 by James Chalkley