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Reading John Culberts memories, I was reminded of my own time at Hugh Bell from 1947 to 52. I believe Hugh Bell to have had the most significant influence on my future career together with the Southfield Road Baptist Scouts. ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1940 by Norman Jackson

Walking cart horse with my Father Tom Wilkinson from Moss Bank Farm, Seven Sisters Lane, Toft, to the Smithy, waiting for Arnold Jackson to shoe the horse, then walking back .

A memory of Smithy Green in 1940

Joyce and I were devoted to each other, trouble was her mother and father had taken a dislike to me feeling I was beneath their status and made it clear that I wasn't wanted. We were both 19 and in no financial condition to elope ...Read more

A memory of Niton in 1949 by Patrick Pyke

Where do start?! I (then Aidan Jackson) moved to Burnhope at the age of 3 in 1944. I lived at 1 Jaw Blades (now demolished) with my grandparents, uncles and mother. I started school at the old infant/junior school in October 1946. ...Read more

A memory of Burnhope in 1946 by Aidan Tasker

My memory is from my father Douglas Willcocks, he would speek of his grandfather in Gunnislake. He said, that he owned a pub called the Rising Sun. I am trying to locate relatives that might have info. His ...Read more

A memory of Burraton in 1940 by Christine Jackson

My girlfriend's mum went to Mulberry Street School in the 1950s and went on to Jackson Street School in Hulme, Manchester, and my grandparents on my mum's side had a green grocers in Moss Side. My ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1940

I remember the old funeral home on Jackson Street, or as I knew it as, Jackson Chare, eee it was a long time ago, old man died there in what is now the Co-op, died there shortly after he opened it one day, long ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Ronnie Taylor

I was called up under the Bevin Scheme in April, 1944, and after a rather indifferent training at Annfield Plain Training Centre, was sent to the Hobson, as I was staying at the time in lodgings in Burnopfield with a Mrs. Crisp, ...Read more

A memory of Burnopfield in 1944 by George Rayner

1946 and Jacqueline Jackson's memories stirred my mind again. We lived across the lane from the back gate of the fritter shop, in fact when Mum and Dad first came to Eastleigh from Andover circa 1928 they lived ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1946 by John Scott

I am at present writing my memories of the Second World War. I lived in Filtom Road, Mossley Hill and I would walk to school over the River Alt and up past what we called Lord Derby's estate where there was ...Read more

A memory of Page Moss in 1940 by Margaret Blackwood