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I remember Dunbar, I used to go through from Edinburgh to see my Granny Marr who lived in 32 Parsonspool and the rest of my relations, the Ashtons, Knox, Gillans & Patersons who lived in the area.

A memory of Dunbar in 1940 by George Lewis

I was born in 1942 and by the time I was five years old I has a brother and two sisters. My mum and dad used to send me up to Longriggend for weekends and holidays, probably because my mum was so busy with the ...Read more

A memory of Longriggend in 1940 by Joe Mc Laughlin

Sowerby holds many happy memories for me. I was born there in April 1935 and left for pastures new in 1957. Over the years I have made many visits back to my homeland from Australia. The village has changed very little ...Read more

A memory of Sowerby in 1940 by Margaret O'mahony

I was evacuated to Bearsted about a week before the outbreak of the last war. I lived at the White Horse Inn on the green, it was run by Mr & Mrs Brook they had a daughter called Tinkle (nickname). I was very happy there and ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted in 1940

I was born there in 1928, in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, and lived in Bournemouth till 1962. There is no where like Bournemouth, lovely beaches, stores, theatres, the Chines, and Shell Bay. An excursion to ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Jean St. Dennis

My husband's grandparents Alexander and Jane Gillespie are buried at Barhol Chapel, Aberdeenshire. Alexander died on 20 January 1940. We have a photograph of their gravestone there.

A memory of Barthol Chapel in 1940 by Carol Keith

My memories of Greyabbey date back to 1940 just after the Blitz when Mum and her 3 sisters plus one sister-in-law with a bunch of kids relocated to Cardy, a small community appox. 3 miles from Greyabbey. I was 8 years of age at the ...Read more

A memory of Greyabbey in 1940 by Joe Murphy

These memories are as fresh in my mind as if they happened last week. Boston had its share of air raids, the first one was on a rainy Monday, it was July, the first day of our summer school holidays. It would be about 7.15 am when we ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

During the early years of the Second World War my father was posted to the Royal Artillery camp in Almondbury and when we were bombed in our home in Hull he found a small house for my mother, sisiter and I ...Read more

A memory of Kirkheaton in 1940 by Raymond Taylor

Hello Alan, I was interested in your comments about the camp. Are you sure you were there in 1940? I was trying to see the rest of your article but somehow I couldn't get the rest of it. You didn't say what school you attended and ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1940 by Les May