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After the war in 1946 my father, a sergeant in the MPSC, was transfered to Darland camp in Gillingham but as there were no married quarters available there we, as a family, were billeted in the Coastguards quarters on the Isle of ...Read more

A memory of Isle of Grain in 1946 by John Gregory

The house on Harbour Road was where I lived with my parents and sister for approx two years. We lived in one room in the gable end, then we were moved to the other end which was three rooms in a row. We lived there till ...Read more

A memory of Kinghorn in 1941 by Andrew Innes

I became a choirboy at the Ascension church when I was eight. I also joined the 2nd Collier Row cubs attached to the church in 1948. The vicar was Father Reynolds and the cub leader was Olive Smith. I attended Clockhouse Lane school ...Read more

A memory of Collier Row in 1948 by Michael Fruin

My mother left Yorkshire with me in 1945 when I was four years old. She worked for a Mrs Curzon at Arrochar house in Rothiemay as a cook and general help. I think the owners were titled people. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Rothiemay Crossroads in 1945 by Lucie Nee; Roberts

My Nana Simpson (nee Brunton) was a fisherwoman who used to sell fish on the front from a creel on her back years before I was born. My Grandad contracted Polio in his 50's and Nana had to work hard long hours to ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats in 1949 by Linda Stewart

Hi Peter, I remember the Thompkins was it the baker or was that the Cheneys? Joe Smith was the newsagent who used to treat the kids to a summer outing by train every summer. We used to get a new florin and a ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1949 by Susan Hindle Nee Wesley

My compliments, Francis. I grew up in Langdale Road, Ravenscliffe 1947-58. Your pictures brought lots of memories back: " the 2penny Rush" - first two rows at Greengates Flicks only cost 2 pennies; cycling along ...Read more

A memory of Greengates in 1949 by Dr Albert Amedeus Denzler

This was a year that the war finished, my sister and I had not long returned home from Nottingham having been evacuated to avoid the V 2"s. I remember that tables had been set up in the middle of the street and food appeared ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1945 by David Fuller

The women of my father's family decided to go to Shropshire to get away from the bombs in London. There were about 7 women, mostly Harts, who went & rented Upper Day House with their children, about 10/11 children. The ...Read more

A memory of Church Preen in 1941 by Patricia Bunce

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