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I was born in Newport in 1942 and after leaving the Nursing Home lived in 6,Garth Hill Bassaleg the home of my paternal grandparents, Oliver and Alice Briney. After a short time my parents (Nellie and Fred Briney) moved to ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1940 by Malcolm Briney

This picture is the memorable part of our route, a walk from Belle Vue where I lived until the late fifties. My father would take me for walks on Sundays when the weather was good, which it seemed to be most of the time, we would ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1940 by Geoffrey Lowe

During the Second World War, my dad's uncle Rev Alfred Bell was vicar of Wray parish church. We used to travel to Wray from Blackburn where we lived for a weekend to visit them, it seemed to take forever! Uncle Alfred and Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Wray in 1940 by Dorothy Wood

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

My father, Dennis Chappin, who was born in 1924, frequently refers to a pub in Childwickbury that he frequented in his youth. He seems to remember leaving Harpenden town centre to have a late drink at this mystery ...Read more

A memory of Childwick Bury in 1940 by Andrew Chappin

It was probably 1947 when I was first introduced to Chester. My grandmother Minshall had many friends, most of them had one thing in common, their appearance....without being too unkind, they were all kind of 'odd ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1947 by Jean Mary Copnall

Our family moved to Burnham from Wimbledon, Raynes Park, in late 1948, to 34 Lillian Road when I was 4. We came like pioneers of the west in the back of my father's employer's canvas covered Ford truck; mum ...Read more

A memory of Great Stambridge in 1948 by Malcolm Bowen

I see the Eight Bells, right next to the Palmer Hall. I was too young to drink in the pub at the time of this photograph, but this was a very convenient situation in later years. At the time of the photo my family had been living in The ...Read more

A memory of Fairford in 1948 by Geoffrey Herbert

Coldham Hall was a pub much loved by my family on the riverside in Surlingham, about a half mile downstream from Brundall. The landlord at the time the picture was taken was Billy Breach, who also ran a foot ferry across ...Read more

A memory of Surlingham in 1940 by Barry Hurn

My family moved to Fordingbridge in 1948 when I was 7. All three boys went to the Primary School and I was the last Head Prefect and House Captain of the Red Team before the older children went to the Burgate ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1948 by George Shepperdley