Search Results

THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

I was born in Louisville Road in 1944 . My father ,Jack, was General Manager of British Films Ltd in Balham High Road. We moved out of London shortly after I was born, but my father continued to run B Films well into the 1950's. Does ...Read more

A memory of Balham in 1944

Hallo My husband Ken lived in Berkeley Avenue from about 1936 to 1960, with a couple of years off doing National Service. He tells me he cannot remember there being anything but a petrol station at the end of the road, but with ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1940 by Sylvia Stalder

Regarding the statement of Percy Bonner and his wife Rennie Bonner written by Ken Crammer. These people were my Aunt and Uncle. Uncle percy and aunt Rennie went on to have 2 children, Louisa and percy aka penny, both married and ...Read more

A memory of Woodcote in 1944 by John Smith

Born on Pottersway in '36, but raised on Carr Hill Rd. I went to Carr Hill School, then Grammar School...great and happy memories of the area. The freeze of '47; friends then were Jim Thompson, Jimmy Ward, Roy Fletcher, John ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Ray Oxberry

My family lived in Reigate Way, Wallington, Surrey. My twin brother and I used to stand outside our house to listen for the aproaching buzz bombs. On this particular day, one glided in and fell on the playing field and ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1944 by John Woodward

Hi does anyone remember the v1bomb that fell on Renmuir street ,there are flats there now where the bomb fell on the houses .If any one that lived in Renmuir Street at the time I would like to hear from you. Beryl Clark née jamieson ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1940 by Beryl Clark

My brother and I were evacuated to Wiltshire during the middle of WW2 - he staying with two very dear old ladies, and me with my aunt and her two children whilst her husband was away in the Air Force. They were from Harrow and we ...Read more

A memory of Oare in 1940 by Audrey Pollard

Left Potter St School at 14 years of age. Two years later, without any particular aptitude or skills, I found my way to Marabelle Fabrics. Styled as a wharehouseman, I cycled from Field-End road everyday except Sundays. ...Read more

A memory of Northwood in 1948 by Peter Giles

It was a warm sunny morning and I was lying in bed in Minster Road. I heard a 'doodlebug' putter overhead, I heard the motor stop, silence... and then the explosion. I swear the blast lifted me off the bed - half a mile away! What I ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1940 by Paul May