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Dumpton School had moved to Crichel from Broadstairs in Kent on the outbreak of the Second Wolrd War. I have vivid memories of my time as a schoolboy at Crichel, attending Chapel, rambling in the grounds, swimming in the large round ...Read more

A memory of Crichel Ho in 1940 by Peter Loup

My people were tinkers of the road. Power, Riley, Macarthur, O'Connor, Macallister and a few I have no knowledge of. Generations had mended tin, woven baskets, bunched broom and heather, one to sweep the floor the ...Read more

A memory of Pitlochry in 1947 by Jess Smith

I moved to 17 Norcot Road in 1948 when I was 6. Along with a crowd from Norcot Road we roamed all over Tilehurst. The clay pits, across country to Purley, Sulham woods was a particular favourite. I went to the Thames via the ...Read more

A memory of Tilehurst in 1948 by Michael Taylor

I went to school at Guay Primary School - 1948. Teacher Miss Coombes. In my class were John Macdonald of Raer Lodge, my brother Iain Stanton of Ballintuim Farm, cousins Helen, Sheila, Muriel Findlay of ...Read more

A memory of Blairgowrie in 1948 by Norrie Stanton

I lived in Devonshire Road from 1941 to 1962 and when we first arrived Intake ended with Warwick Road, Argyll Avenue and Cumberland Avenue for those of us that lived on this side of ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1944 by Frank Mowforth

I do not know the exact year that Doncaster had its first Royal visit after the Second World War had ended but all the school children in the parish were required to put on their best bibs and tuckers for school ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1946 by Frank Mowforth

My great-grandfather's uncle was the builder of the Hospital, and my great-grandfather came over from Northern Ireland to work for him as an apprentice joiner in 1880. He eventually settled in Birkenhead but cycled ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1940 by Jill Smith

The black bridge was a railway foot bridge situated at the bottom of Duke Street for the residents who lived in Locomotive Street. The signal box was there as well, and the crossing gates which had to be opened to allow vehicles such ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

I was born in 1941 in Cefncoed House, Pentwyn, overlooking Gwys Railway Station, Upper Cwmtwrch. I lived there for 7 or 8 years before moving to the Gurnos,  Lower Cmwtwrch.  My family lived in a compound made up of five houses ...Read more

A memory of Upper Killay in 1940 by David Lougher

During the war years Dockenfield Manor was a school which I attended as our home in London was destroyed by bombs. For some reason I seem to remember the school was transferred from the Isle of Wight for the duration ...Read more

A memory of Dockenfield in 1943 by Brian Mc Haffie