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I was evacuated from North London to Stogursey in about 1942. Although I have no personal recollection of this time, being just 1 year old or thereabouts, my mother told me that in the first location, which she referred to as 'crackers ...Read more

A memory of Stogursey in 1942 by Guy Hayward

My father T/173106 Driver Ted Israel Sugarman, RASC was billeted with Mrs McLennan in Rose Cottage, Dingwall in June-Dec 1943. She had a husband and son. Dad said she was a lovely lady and welcomed him with open arms; he a lad from the Jewish ...Read more

A memory of Dingwall in 1943 by Martin Sugarman

This memory has been contributed by June Knight. I, June 'Bunny' Knight, and friend, Joan Butlin, left Cardiff by train in 1946 and spent two years at Arley School. Leaving in 1948 with our music mistress, Phyllis ...Read more

A memory of Upper Arley in 1946

the year i was born in bearstead memorial hosp hampton court .my father worked for some time in hampton court castle ,as a carpenter,my mothers maiden name was sibley, i,ve often wondered if i was jewish ? i remember her mother ...Read more

A memory of Hampton Wick in 1949 by Mark James Hitchens

I well remember being 'evacuated' by my parents to live for a while with my Aunt Elsie, and Uncle Percy Locker, after our family were 'bombed out' of our home in Hertfordshire. They lived at 87, Harwill Crescent Aspley, with ...Read more

A memory of Nottingham in 1942 by Margaret Mosley

My great uncle Mr Arthur Real who was born at Axmouth Devon in 1886 and grew up there, started a business in Castle Cary Somerset with Mr Walter Holton from Trowbridge Wiltshire in the 1930s. They ...Read more

A memory of Castle Cary in 1940 by Kay Foulger

Bristol's High Street scene of many strirring events in Bristol's history the heart of the city was destroyed and lost forever in 1940. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Paul Townsend

We lived at "Caradon" during the Second World War. I was young when we moved there and we left soon after the war ended. I remember Dr Thames' pre-school, and the nursery school on the Terrace in New Polzeath - ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath in 1943 by Diana Robinson

I stayed with my Great Aunt Evelyn Cramer Roberts in one half the "Cottages" (16C left hand side of the road going towards the station) during parts of my childhood and growing years between 1934 and 1956. In my ...Read more

A memory of Eridge Green in 1944 by Christine Winterbotham

We moved here in November 1949 - Mother was horrified, I thought it the most wonderful, exciting place to be. The corner room upstairs was used by the previous tenants for pigeons, racing I think. A good ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1949