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I remember Tonis Ice Cream, Rosins the Baker, Genners toy shop, Pegglies Bike and Sports shop, Endines for Leather, Wilsons the Green Grocer and the long line ups for those ever so rare oranges, Watlings the tool shop and of ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by Phil Tillman

I lived in a two story flat, over what was Barclays Bank. Almost opposite was the Guidhall and St Nicholas and Faith Church. We had a clear view from our lounge and upper bedroom window of the road leading to the station ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1949 by Raymond Guy

During the 1940s, I lived in Weymouth, but from May 1942, when I was 5, until July 1947, I was a boarder at the school.  I was happy there, and still remember the names of my teachers - Sister Anne, ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by James Mc Guinness

Margaret Anderson and Edward Gill married 8th October 1949 last to be married by the 'blind' vicar (does anyone remember his name I think it was Pettit) while it was named St Luke's. The name of the church was changed from that ...Read more

A memory of Spratton in 1949 by Julie Gill Frisby

I have put 1947 but infact it is from earlier than that to 1954. I think this was a great place for us as kids as we had freedom and not much parental control, I think mainly due to our parents who had just survived the war ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted in 1944 by Ian Simmons

I was born at Danbury Palace in Danbury and lived at Marks Farm bungalow in Rettendon. I remember getting frightened of the storms on the way home from Rettendon School. I remember walking home from school up Chalk Street. My ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon in 1942 by Margaret Dennis

We lived in a charming little bungalow in, I think it was called, Parkfield Avenue, a little cul-de-sac with a footpath that led to a golf course. Going out of the cul-de-sac the other way and then going right towards ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham in 1947 by Clare Wiseman

I remember Rochford very dearly. As a young child I often stayed with my great-grandmother, Sara Ann Simpson. I'd walk around the churchyard, the empty farm, climb the stile, visit the newsagent's shop, see the men at lunch standing ...Read more

A memory of Rochford in 1944 by Ashlea Simpson

I was born 1942. My family were farming at Snelling Farm & later moved to Waddock Farm, still on the Frampton Estate. Because of bomb damage to the church I was christened in the village hall, which I believe is still standing. We ...Read more

A memory of Moreton in 1942 by Bruce Warr

I remember 'guddling' for trout in the Teal Burn in Auchtertool.  Most of the lads in the village tried it at one time or another. When we caught one we would measure it by placing the nose of the trout on our finger ...Read more

A memory of Auchtertool in 1946 by Harry Robertson