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I was born in Redhill but lived for my fist 12 years at 16 Dunraven Avenue, my father, William (Bill) Park worked at the Monotype most of his working life, he was in the sand-blasting area. I went to Salfords school ...Read more

A memory of Salfords in 1949 by Peter Park

I was a evacuated to Swan Wick in the war and put with a family by the name of Baileys. They lived right across the road from the church on the Ripely Road. There was a bungalow to the left of it. Mr Bailey used to keep pigeons and he ...Read more

A memory of Swanwick in 1941 by Roy Newley

My Memories of Sunninghill are somewhat obscure and and are based on information gathered over the past 70 years. I was Born at 8, The Terrace, Sunning Hill and spent my first 4 years living there. My mother married a ...Read more

A memory of Sunninghill in 1941 by Colin Lennox

I was born in 1936 in Henley Street, got bombed out and moved to to my Nan's just round the corner in Blondel Street. At the end of the war our old house in Henley Street was restored and we moved back in. I have many ...Read more

A memory of Clapham in 1940 by Ron Large

Does anybody in the Bude , Marhamchurch area remember Daisy ( my mum ) who lived in Bude / Marhamchurch area, 1940 to 1947. Daisy worked at the Clairmont hotel in Bude, which I think now is a outdoor activity centre.

A memory of Bude in 1940 by Margaret Culverhouse

I was born in Canada House, in 1944. My mum's family (brothers and dad) were in the Navy and my Dad was in the Army. I drove by Canada House during a visit to England in 2010, to see what it looked like. My gran lived on Grange Road, ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1944 by Mary Chute

Pathe News covered this on film, we saw it at the Granada Cinema after - I lived opposite where it happened.

A memory of Battersea in 1943 by Alan Brett

I have got a lot of photos of my grandad and mamma at Linconshire Derbyshire Miners Holiday Centre, now called camp. My grandad died when I was nine years old, my mamma when I was sixteen. My grandad Fred Armson was ...Read more

A memory of Skegness in 1940

I lived in Haslington from 1943 to approximately 1954, it was a great place for a child to grow up. I lived in Cross Rd and my G'ma lived in Fields Rd. I remember the Post Office and Haberdashery next to it, also the Smithy across ...Read more

A memory of Haslington in 1949 by Carole Moss King

On June 8th 1940, just 6 weeks before my 8th birthday, I was evacuated to Fillingham where I was billeted with Mr & Mrs Cross and their daughter Violet. I had to attend church three times a week and chapel twice. At harvest ...Read more

A memory of Fillingham in 1940 by Alex Litchfield