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I too, remember this bridge well and with affection from my early childhood. We lived in Brokengate Lane up near Tatling End, but cousins lived actually in the village. During the war, my mother and I used to walk down ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1940 by Gerard Gilbertson

I vaguely remember the bad winter when snow was still laying in June, black snow where people had thrown ash onto paths and roads. There were holes cut into the banks of snow so people could cross the roads. Then in the early ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1947

I lived in Standford from 1934 to 1956. Many memories of growing up in this small village with a river and ford as a main attraction. Being brought up on a farm the countryside was (and is) very much in my blood. In the past 30 or 40 ...Read more

A memory of Standford in 1940 by Denis Payne

Trying to find some history about my wife's father, John Peter Cox, born in Niton ,Isle of Wight. He went on to marry Phillys Joyce Knight. He went onto live in Merston, then Arreton.

A memory of Godshill in 1940 by Peter Widdop

I was at St Patricks 1948 to 1952, I loved it there! I remember Pauline Quinn, her mum ran the laundry and little Margaret who ran the uniform and sewing room...I spent hours trying to darn a sock. ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1949 by Ann Sandells

Does anyone remember Charles Cross who spent his last years living with his nephew William Jones in Greenhill Cottages, Church Street, Bedwas(?) He died there in 1945 at the age of 79. He was my grandfather and I never met him or knew ...Read more

A memory of Bedwas in 1945 by Phillip Redding

Having survived WW2 as a frontline 'Signaller' in post D Day operations, Dad had a yearning for living afloat and after seaching boatyards on the Hamble River, eventually found a converted 'LCA' (Landing Craft ...Read more

A memory of Hambledon in 1948 by Roy Pigneguy

I've put "1948" as the date as that's about the earliest I remember Corts Ltd, on the corner of Cheapside and Silver Street in this photo. The ironmongers and builders merchants business (formerly Cort & Paul until ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1948 by John Ling

In 1946, at the age of six, I was placed, as a border, at Copthorne Convent, where I remained for about three years. I'm afraid I really don't have many pleasant memories of my stay there. The nuns were inclined to be ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne in 1946 by Paul Pannell

I inherited my aunt's letters from pen pals in England during WWII. Four of my uncles served during WWII. One of her pen pals that attended this school, Paula W. Anderson, sent ...Read more

A memory of Cheam in 1940 by Jay Michael