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Does anyone remember Mountfield Street, later called Milton Street? I lived at number 37 with my mam (Veronica), dad (Jim) and my sisters, Vera and Mary. We went to St Bridget's School. The three of us used ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1947 by James Shaw

I was born in the flat above 26 Bridge Street. My parents, Len & Judy Langstone, had the greengrocers; the business was started by my grandfather in the 1920's. I have fond memories of Pinner fair, we could look down on it ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1946 by Richard Langstone

I left the village in 1948, to join my parents, Cyril and Gladys Jones, and sister Pam who had moved to Gravesend, Kent. I had attended the Lawn following years at Abertysswg School, before going to Caerleon for my ...Read more

A memory of Abertysswg in 1948 by Ivor Noel Jones

Hi all. We first moved to Chelsea in 1945 and took up residence at 58, Elm Park Gardens. I first attended Park Walk School then went on to the Cooks Ground School in Old Church Street (later changed to Kingsley ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea in 1946 by Robert Munn

Does anybody remember the Clayton family who lived at Sirby Street in Gorton? They lived there in 1940. They had a big family with Thomas Clayton, Roy Clayton, Bert Clayton, Leo Clayton who emigrated to Australia. Also Josie, ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1940 by Shaun Clayton

Born in Mortimer Street in 1937, attended Tin Mill School in 1943 and loved it. My brother had started school in 1942 and I would follow him there every day so Miss Maud said I might as well start school. Gran would pass the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill in 1943 by Vivienne Robson

I remember living in Rutland Road, Forest Gate in 1944, after being evacuated to Yorkshire, we lived at number 21 Rutland Road, my grandparents lived at no 19, and my uncle and aunt lived at no 17. There was a ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1944 by Robert Munn

I was born in Harborough Magna in 1943 at Rose Cottage, Main Street. I lived there with my mother and grandparents during the 1940s and early 1950s. When I was 4 years old I went to the village school which had a ...Read more

A memory of Harborough Magna in 1943 by Roger Childs

I wonder if any one remembers the Surrey ice cream parlour, half way up Surrey Street on the left bottom of the steps leading up to the main road. Oh how I wished we could get ice. This was just after the war. I was born ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1940 by John Knapp

I travelled with my parents every year from the age of one to stay with my grandmother, Bertha Roberts and my Aunt Kate, at 183 Chapel Street, Tiverton. Memories are of Mr Bright's General Grocers shop opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton in 1946 by John Chapman