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Our Dad worked as the gardener for the Manor Hotel, and they lived at Park Lodge, on the edge of the grounds, where my two older sisters were born.

A memory of Burley in 1949

The Queens Head is where my Mum and Dad had their first date, after meeting on Burley Street, and went on to live in Burley and have six of their seven children, before moving to Surrey.

A memory of Burley in 1948

I started there in 1949, William (Billy) Bourne was Headmaster, a large portly man. Some of the other teachers names I remember were, Hooper, Griffiths, Stone, Houghton, Gibbs. Mr Gibbs took us for gardening & we had to walk up ...Read more

A memory of Worcester in 1949 by Roy Gilmour

The Sunday afternoon walks down the Morfa to feed Dai the swan or picnics at the Brombil Reservoir. The early morning movement of cows from Brombil farm through Morfa Lane and over the stone railway bridge to the ...Read more

A memory of Port Talbot in 1940

My birth certificate says I was born at Bushey Hospital in the April of 1943. I’m told that it was during an unusually hot spell. I lived at 84, Lynton Avenue in Colindale up to 1965 when I got married and moved away. ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Peter Woolford

My parents were Gerald and Phyllis Smith, we lived in Goldsel Road from about 1939/40, having moved from 'Crescent Gardens'. My father worked at Philip Ladds Nurseries, which was owned and run by his uncle Philip. My father ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1940 by Gerald Smith

Living next door to the hall (In Giffords Cross Cottages) I can remember going to film shows consisting of various shorts. Many were about road safety One I remember well was a section of the film "Champagne Charlie" with Tommy Trinder singing the song.

A memory of Corringham in 1949 by Peter Studd

My parents and brother were evacuated to Cullumpton and I was born in Tiverton Hospital in January 1941. We moved to West Monkton where my father managed the garage, my mother worked the petrol pumps and we all lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Taunton in 1942

As I lived in Banstead I had to walk or catch the 80 or 80a to Burgh Heath in order to swim with my school friends from Burgh Heath, Walton on Hill or Lower Kingswood - most of whom attended Picquets Way school. Does ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1946 by Derek Hillman

Having gained my Air Gunners wing in Egypt I was posted to the Air Crew holding unit in Harrogate where I stayed for about three weeks early on 1945, and again a few months later. I remember the dance held in a marque in the Valley ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1945 by Anthony Barrs