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I was born at no 3 Sussex Street off West Street, Oldham. Our house had one room downstairs one upstairs. No back door you had to go up the street and down an alleyway to use the tippler toilet. The downstairs had a large black ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1940 by Pauline Kendrick

I remember playing on the sports ground when I was living in Cwm; my house was in 13 Elm Street, just near the field. Dad had a little garden plot just nearby and he grew some vegies there.. We had a sports day at school and somehow I was ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1943 by Roy Compton

With dawn breaking on a chilly early October morning we gathered at the bottom of King Street, we were going to spend the weekend picking " spuds" on Lou Issacs farm in Manmoel. There were three grades of pickers. ...Read more

A memory of Manmoel in 1943 by David Williams

On the green in Monton there it was a lovely green shed with forms in it so as a gang of girls and boys it was the ideal place for courting! Away from prying eyes then as we paired off we would venture down through to Broadoak ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1940 by Sonya Bailey

MY MAM USED TO TAKE ME TO ALL THEASE PLACES WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10.I REMEMBER THE FIRST NUDE SHOW AT THEGRAND WHEN THE NUDES WERE BEHIND A NET CERTAIN AND ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1940 by William Dempsey

I was born in Rectory rd in 1940.I went to East Thurrock primary school from 1944 until 1950 when I went to Torells.I started work in Grays high street in 1955 at Gorstons butchers. The cab company I remember was Pratleys.

A memory of Grays in 1940 by Harry Hart

In 1946 we left Kings Langley, my parents having lived there since 1936. I arrived in 1937, so can claim to be partially raised there. I must have passed the village pound many times without realising what it was. My ...Read more

A memory of Kings Langley in 1946 by John Nurcombe

I was born in Hornchurch and attended North Street School, I can still smell the greens from the canteen. We had little beds put up in the hall and after dinner we had to have a little sleep before afternoon school, ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1946 by Doreen Trigg Ne Birleson

I was pleased when it was reported in the paper that the flood warning siren wasn't being used any more. Every time the flood warning sounded, I was transported back to the war years, when, in the dead of night, we were ushered down, half ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

I was born in Tavistock in 1941, but my family lived in Bere Alston until 1947. We lived in a house called The Firs, but perhaps it is no longer there. My father was the doctor and during the Second World War, the local ...Read more

A memory of Bere Alston in 1945 by Claire Barker