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CHAPTER TWO School Years - Convent of the Visitation 1939-1945 One’s school years leave an indelible impression on one for good or bad. My views over these years in this regard, have modified ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

After the blitz in London, my mum rang her uncle in Newton Stewart. As a result of that call, we spent several months living in Newton Stewart. The uncle owned the 'K' shoe shop in (I think) Victoria Road. His ...Read more

A memory of Penninghame Ho in 1940 by Mike Stanbridge

We originally lived in Camberwell and were bombed out in the blitz of 1940. After sleeping on the platform of the Elephant & Castle underground train station for a few weeks, my dad found us a house to rent ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone in 1940 by Reg Ware

I remember the Tay Mill Lodge very well. I lived just opposite at no 1 Stilton Street next door was my friend Alice Newton and family, wonder where they are now. When I lived there the mill was still in use, but not as a cotton ...Read more

A memory of Higginshaw in 1940 by Mavis Hague Nee Lees

Contributor Mr Sosgez remembers basket weaving in Thornton Heath. This was almost certainly Tom Mason Ltd in Norbury Road. It was run by Mr George Newton and occupied premises that had been a United Dairies ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1940 by Geof Bailey

I was born in Northern Ireland and lived in Belfast. One night the German Lufwaffa bombed Belfast - there were 1000 or more were killed that night. I and my brothers and sisters were evacuated to my home town in Lurgan in Co Armagh. ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1942 by Andrew Toland

My name is Beryl Dawson (nee Mallard), I went to Alfred Street School Harpurhey in the 1940's. I lived in William Street, I remember playing with Dorothy Wood, Maureen Charlesworth, Johnnie and Rosie Wolfe. I also ...Read more

A memory of Harpurhey in 1940

I remember arriving at St Mary's School, Newton, for my very first day in September 1940 when the sirens sounded which meant putting my gas mask on and making a quick dash to the shelter behind the school. My grandma was with ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1940 by Colin Critchlow

I was born at the Royal Free. My grandparents lived on Faraday Road and due to the lack of housing after the war, we moved in with them. I have wonderful memories of Faraday Road, I learned ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1947 by Ken Everley

It may seem strange for a male to offer these memories but boys were accepted in junior forms and I was at Shute School from the summer of 1939 until the Easter term 1941. I and my sister, known as Ba Gauld, joined after ...Read more

A memory of Shute in 1940 by John Gauld