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I remember, in what must have been June 1944, when myself and our neighbours the Brays were watching what seemed like an endless stream of lorries loaded with soldiers coming down the hill (High Road) and on to somewhere, with ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1944 by Colin Mackenzie

A wealth of memories flood in: Saturday morning pictures followed by sausages from Clarkes, the Butchers made by "Uncle" Len Roblett with whom I and my brother were evacuated from London together with his wife "Aunt" Rosie ...Read more

A memory of Marlow in 1942 by Gordon Neighbour

My mother, then called Billie Gwilliam, was living in New Cross in South London with her parents Bill and Connie Gwilliam during the Blitz of the Second World War, and has many memories of what it was like ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham in 1940 by Julia Skinner

Brought up as a child in Kelloholm, lived in Burns Street, and although time has passed I still have memories that are dear to me. Who could forget Jenny Mulligan and Tib in the post office. I still may have relatives living there ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm in 1949 by Raymond Weldrand

My sister, Helen, and I lived at No. 3 Plasnewydd Street and, although Helen now lives in Lechlade in Gloucestershire and I have finally come to rest (no, not dead - yet) in Cardiff, we talk every week and often reminisce about ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1947 by Nick Davies

My family moved to Fordingbridge in 1948 when I was 7. All three boys went to the Primary School and I was the last Head Prefect and House Captain of the Red Team before the older children went to the Burgate ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1948 by George Shepperdley