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Hi, my name is Brian Nicoll. My mother, father and I lived in 10 Frankland Rd from 25/9/35 when I was born until 1956 when I got married. As a small boy I used to have a friend called Roger Gosney who lived over the ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by Brian Nicoll

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

A school friend at Reigate Grammar was Joe Cheffings; his parents ran the village shop and bakery about midway to the church, on the left of the picture. An elder brother, Tony, helped at home when on holiday from St. ...Read more

A memory of Betchworth in 1947 by Keith Fuller

Nights at the local inn. Hikes to Yealm River. Company of land girls at nearby camp. Newton Ferrers.

A memory of Lyneham House in 1943 by Leo.H. Butler

Mam and Dad, Lizzie and Edwin Ridley, moved into Slaghill (the cottage on the right of the picture) in 1948 when I was 3 years old. Dad died there in December 1978 and Mam moved up to Chapel Cottages soon afterwards. There ...Read more

A memory of Allenheads in 1948 by Evelyn Jones

After the war in 1946 my father, a sergeant in the MPSC, was transfered to Darland camp in Gillingham but as there were no married quarters available there we, as a family, were billeted in the Coastguards quarters on the Isle of ...Read more

A memory of Isle of Grain in 1946 by John Gregory

Hi Su, I also have happy memories of playing on the hills behind Cheriton when visiting my grandparents. Much more fun than going to the beach. We (my sisters, brother and myself) would cut through the allotments and raid a ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1948 by Sylvia Mulley

I would like to ask if anyone knows of Poplars Farm and its use during the Second World War as a training camp for the war, as my dad started his training there. I am trying to get photos and memories of all my dad's camps, and this is one of them. His name was Sapper Gordon Redman. Vicki.

A memory of Rettendon in 1940 by Victoria Manning

My father bought a horse and gypsy caravan in the summer of 1946.He borrowed another horse from his brother and was able to take the caravan to Shoebury Hall camp site. He painted 'Happy Days' on the caravan door. We had the ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness in 1946

I can remember a POW camp just inside Boldmere Gates. The Americans used the inmates to destroy lots of things at Jubillee Hill(?) at the sand pits, when war ended. This was material from the Streetly Camp area. Lots of ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1945 by Gordon Baker