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I lived with my family, the Widdowsons, at 6 Beck Road South from 1938 to the late 50s. Dad, Douglas, was the Branch Manager at the Co-op at Register Square in town. I remember playing cricket on Crane Hill ...Read more

A memory of Beverley in 1940 by Joan Roseveare

We lived over the Express Dairy (opposite the Odeon) My early school days started in 1937 when Bandon Hill Infants were at Milton Road - we moved to Milton Road in 1935. The 654 Trolley bus route was nearby ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1945 by Brian Phillips

Along with my mother Ruby, I was evacuated to Alconbury on my birthday, 23 September 1940. Unknown to me, my paternal grandparents had already moved there and were in residence in Chapel Street. My Mum and ...Read more

A memory of Alconbury in 1940 by Barry W J Chandler

Mr and Mrs Noble must have been your father and mother. My mother, Mrs Clare, had known Mrs Noble from childhood and then lived in Kingsground, just down the hill. She weekly went in for a chat so my brother and I would be with ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1940 by Dorothy Brooks

Iris Hastie worked here as a children's nurse when she was about 14. She went on trips to Fairy House and to the Hill of Fare, as part of her job. My mum was a good artist and the owner thought that as there was a shortage of ...Read more

A memory of Ellon in 1946 by Iris Walker

"Come on children, all in the shelter." The air raid siren was the initiator of this quiet but determined order. It meant an enjoyable singing session with (I believe it was) Miss Smith on the old upright. Collecting empty ...Read more

A memory of Four Elms in 1940 by John Cole

I was born in Broken Cross and went to the old infant school when Mrs. Richards, Miss Lomax and Mrs. Frith were the teachers there. I seem to remember school concerts being held round the corner in a building ...Read more

A memory of Broken Cross in 1940

My family were the first to occupy number 5 Tenter Lane, Warmsorth. I think that would be at the end of 1946. I have photos of myself and my older brother outside that house in the snows of 1947. We left in the summer of ...Read more

A memory of Levitt Hagg in 1947 by Enid Richardson

Saturday mornings was when my mother and I would join the family next door for our day out, down to the Tarpots Corner and a bus into Wescliff by the playing fields and then a dancing lesson at Mimi Greens School of Dancing ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1946 by Colin Mackenzie

My father was stationed at Chisledon Camp from 1939 to 1942. Living in Littlehampton on the south coast, threatened with invasion, my mother rented the end thatched cottage of the row of cottages which face the railway line ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by Glenister Bruce