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My memories of the home, which was run by the Southwark Catholic Rescue Society. The sisters of charity looked after us, I was taken there just before my 10th birthday in april 1947 along with brothers Bill 13 and Bob 4. My early ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1947 by James Duffy

I was born at 13 Ellor Street, Hankey Park, in 1940 to Sarah and Charles Feeley (snr), the youngest of five siblings: Charlie (jnr) Eileen, Monica and Hannah. In 1941 my father left for the army, and we moved to 46 Brookland St off ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Kevin Feeley

I lived in 1 Rockcliffe View Carlin How, from about 1946 to 1952, then my father retired and we then moved to Loftus. My father was Jim Conway the Police Constable. I went to Skinningrove Senior School, ...Read more

A memory of Carlin How in 1946 by Sylvia Fayers

I came to Alllerwash Hall, Fourstones, when it was a private girls' boarding school called St.Oswalds. The Second World War had ended that summer and my mother had died just before Xmas that year, I was eleven. I had had ...Read more

A memory of Allerwash in 1945 by Heather Rosser

After WW2 my father started a rabbit farm - for food and fur - at 'Four Gables' Crays Hill. I remember it was down a lane to the right from the main road, if you were going to Billericay. I went to the ...Read more

A memory of Crays Hill in 1940 by Judy Macdonald

Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, and this country's involvement in the Second World War began. German air-raids and gas attacks were expected imminently, and many ...Read more

A memory of Princes Risborough in 1940 by Julia Skinner

My husband was born in Rosemount - his grandfather's house above his grocery shop in the High Street. His family lived in Auchterarder or Blackford; cousins were Eadie's who ran the bakery, and John Gilmour, the coal ...Read more

A memory of Auchterarder in 1946

I moved in with my parents (Mr and Mrs Saffin), towards the end of the war. The Canadians were stationed in the huge houses dotted around the village - I was only 10 at the time but I remember the Canadian ...Read more

A memory of Woldingham in 1944

My name is Andrew Tate, I was born in Thornlaw South at my grandparents house in 1944. I was a twin and my brother was called Alexander [Aleck]. I have quite a few memories of Thornley, I remember watching a cricket match in the Illey ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1949 by Andrew Tate

I moved to Watchfield in 1940 and left in 1950. My dad, Mr Woolman, worked for the army and had his office in Homelees Farm in the camp. What a change has taken place at Watchfield. Gone are the places we could play in safety. ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1940 by Jennifer Morris Nee Woolman