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I was born in the village of Jacksdale in the year 1937. I went to Jacksdale Primary School and later went to Matthew Holland School at Selston. I then served an apprenticship at Stanton Ironworks at their Riddings Works, ...Read more

A memory of Jacksdale in 1942 by Colin Reed

My mother, daughter of Dr. Oliver B. Pratt and Catharine Rose Winckley Pratt, operated a small primary school on her father's property prior to and during the Second World War. She and I have ...Read more

A memory of Shrivenham in 1940 by Joan George

bill.haylor@btinternet.com  Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs. One of the first indications in the village relating to war was the erection of a telegraph pole, on the top of which was a platform ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1940 by Bill Haylor

I was born in 1934 at Weybridge in Surrey, close to where the River Wey joins the Thames, thus offering the dual attraction of open countryside and water - a totally irresistible combination to young boys set ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1940 by Stephen Squires

My grandad had a pie & pea shop in The Springs, evidently it was the front for a betting shop. My mum who is now 84 tells me she used to work in the shop and that my grandad Exley ...Read more

A memory of Wakefield in 1940 by Sandra Halstead

I was evacuated to Oldham in the early 1940s when London was getting blitzed and was taken in by Sarah and Levi Allen of 8 Bell Street, what a lovely couple. Just a one up one down on the corner of Blanche Street so they had the top and I ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1940 by Derek P Arker

Memories of Hay during the Second World War. When I was still quite young, I recall that there were three phrases used by my father over and over again in conversation. The first, ...Read more

A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by John S. Batts

During 1946 and 1947 aged 5/6 I went with other friends from Whinney Hill to the 'School for Officers Children', which I now believe is a military dental hospital, on Scotton Rd. I lived at No 11, Whinney Hill, now ...Read more

A memory of Catterick in 1946 by Ian Dunningham

I was sent to Chobham to stay with my Aunt Dolly Mitchell, and her quiet and kindly daughters. 3 hot weeks. I watched Land Army girls ride on top of a hay rick through Chobham High Street. ...Read more

A memory of Chobham in 1947 by Maureen J Hallam

My mother, Eunice Weeks, came from Cwm, went into service in Bristol and London at 13 years old. Married in Cwm 1938, lived in London where my brother was born in 1939. Our house was bombed so Mum evacuated to her family ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1940 by Yvonne Barnett