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I lived in Norbury Court Rd. My first school was Mrs. Nicholson's school, called St. Winifreds. I was there at the age of 4, and later went on to Coloma in Croydon for the rest of my school life. I remember our school blazer ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1948 by Pat Courtney

Born in 1949 I lived with my mum, dad, sister and brother in SouthView Road and attended Campsbourne Schools (nursery, infant and junior) and then onto Clemence Cave which were all connected buildings. Didn't have far to go to school! My ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1949 by Pam Mc Enhill

I was a pupil at McLaren high from 1945 to 1955 and I have found memories of those years. The photo of the Hydropathic reminds me of my childhood spending many hours playing hide and seek in what was the known as the ...Read more

A memory of Callander in 1947 by Ralph Reid

My father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford 1949 to 1953.  My brothers, Peter, Michael and myself, Mary, went to the village school.  My older brother Richard went to school in Steeple Aston.  I remember the two ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1949 by mooremary4

The building with the turret is Acton Lodge where my grandparents Drs John and Mary Leedham-Green lived from 1946 until the late 1980s. The two cottages to the right had been demolished when my mother first visited (in the 1960s - she ...Read more

A memory of Southwold in 1946 by Kay Leedham Green

Does anyone remember the Guest House,holiday home for Sunday Schools etc, in Fairbourne, right opposite the beach, just a quite road,and a cafa up the road,we were allowed to go in,, I was 10 yrs old at the time, but went ...Read more

A memory of Fairbourne in 1946 by Hazel Smith

My mother ("Molly" Tonks) was manageress at the Salters Hall cafe. I used to roll napkins and silverware for her after school. We lived in the flat above. We traveled to America on Cunard White Star's Britannic in late ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1949 by Sandra Soli

I came to Barnstaple in the year 1940, from Plymouth 24 hours, so I was told just before Plymouth was heavily bombed. I lived with my Mother at number 5 Gaydon ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1940 by David Kew

I was evacuated to Torrington in 1940 during the Blitz. My two elder siblings, brother and sister, went to a farm somewhere in Devon. My mother, her new baby (my younger brother) and I went to Torrington. Mum and ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport in 1940 by Tom Ware

Laura Ellicott was my grandmother and I was one of the grandchildren mention by Anne Sandells (nee Buckle). I remember my mother talking about Peter and Anne Buckle but was too young to remember them myself. I was born in 1940 and lived ...Read more

A memory of Luson in 1940 by Alan Daw