Memories
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Methilhill Man
I was born at 18 Greive Street. I had an older brother, 'Big' Al, alas deceased. I also have 2 sisters, Senga and Elaine, and a younger brother, Grant. We stayed in the Main Street then moved to Queens Avenue till I married. My ...Read more
A memory of Methilhill in 1940 by
Rooms Lane
I lived in Rooms Lane, Morley, from birth to 23 years of age (1935 to 1959). My grandfather had built a pair of semi-detached houses there, one for himself and grandma and one for my family. In those days you could walk past Tetley's ...Read more
A memory of Morley in 1940 by
Those Were The Days
I have so many memories of Dagenham that I could write a book. I have already written one on this site entitled 'Shopping at the Heathway'. My earliest memory of Dagenham however was when I was about five years old. We lived ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham in 1940 by
Childhood Memories
I was born at no 3 Sussex Street off West Street, Oldham. Our house had one room downstairs one upstairs. No back door you had to go up the street and down an alleyway to use the tippler toilet. The downstairs had a large black ...Read more
A memory of Oldham in 1940 by
Childhood Memories 1939 1945
My Dad, Sid Brooks was the rural village police constable (P.c.200) for Cropwell Butler, Cropwell Bishop and Tythby We, Mum (Dorothy) and my younger brother Mick lived in the Police House on Radcliffe Road, ...Read more
A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by
Where My Parents Met
My parents met at The Ship in Ospringe. My father, Alcwyn Davies, was in the 3rd Welsh Regiment and was stationed close by. My mother. Grace Glibbery, was with her family from East London picking hops, as they did every year. ...Read more
A memory of Ospringe in 1940 by
Hooton Roberts
I was born a Willertt at 5 Kilnhurst Rd in 1940. I remember the noise of German fighters going to bomb Sheffield and many German or Italian prisoners marching from Kilnhurst to the camp at Ravenfield. They used to throw us ...Read more
A memory of Hooton Roberts in 1940 by
Early Memories Of Hay During The Second World War Part 1
Memories of Hay during the Second World War. When I was still quite young, I recall that there were three phrases used by my father over and over again in conversation. The first, ...Read more
A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by
Eversley During The Second World War
I lived in Spindle Cottage (now, I see, simply 'Spindles') with my mother from mid-1940 till the end of the Second World War, from the age of five till ten; my father, who was a codes and ciphers officer in ...Read more
A memory of Eversley in 1940 by
A Forgotten Piece Of Netherfield History
On 4th October, 1940, a Hienkel HE 111 h-2 bomber crashed nr the Mountfield Gypsum mines. Only one crew member survived, his parachute was caught in a tree. He was rescued unhurt. I was ...Read more
A memory of Netherfield in 1940 by
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