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What wonderful days for me (and my sister ). We were looked after and cared for by the most super Mr.Mrs.Williams of Pen-y-wern Road. They had two children, Barbara & Peter, who I am still in touch with almost every week. I am ...Read more

A memory of Ystalyfera in 1940 by George Chaplin

my dad Henry Peter bull and his 2sisters grew up in eltham green road .i have heard many stories includung the doodlebugs landing nearby.dad has dementia now and i am looking for photos of eltham which bought me here !i remember many visits to my grandparents home until i was 7 .

A memory of Eltham in 1940

I am 83 years old, my Grandparents lived in this village most of their lives until my Grandmother death in the 1940's when I was child I spent most of my weekends here my Grandmother lived in a cottage named Davis Cottages there ...Read more

A memory of St Albans in 1940 by Joan Matthews

I was born in Arlesey in 1940 in the large house next to St Peter's church, it was a lovely old place. My mother took my brother Ted and sister Marion to Arlesey when things started to get bad in ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1940 by Michael Smith

I lived in Clarendon Road until 1954. Does anyone remember the V1 doodlebug that crashed in Whitenights Park, causing a huge crater? In those days we would spend a lot of time in Earley Woods at the back of the allotments at the ...Read more

A memory of Earley in 1940 by Lewis Shaw

I was evacuated to some wooden bungalows in Goring Road and lived with Percy and Renee Bonner. Renee's relations were Romany gypsies who lived in Woodcote. The photo shows The White Lion and the village shop which I believe was "Pointers Stores". ...Read more

A memory of Woodcote in 1940 by Ken Cramer

I went to the village school, firstly the one in Dorset Road and then the primary school near West Park. On the corner was Martins Bank with a big gold grasshopper over the door. I used to try to get to the school playground early ...Read more

A memory of Mottingham in 1940 by Sylvia Fellows

I was born in 12 Vandyke Avenue, Keynsham in July 1939...revisiting neighbours many years later found the Avenue had changed its name to Gaston Avenue. My parents' good neighbours were; Mr and Mrs Vallis, their son Michael was the ...Read more

A memory of Keynsham in 1940 by Valerie Addicott

Hi I'm Mike Foster and I was born in Chalfont St Peter in Feb 1936. My mother who had two children; me and my sister, had no where to live. She was offered by some charitable source a two up two down home on the main road ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1940 by Michael Foster

I remember going to school one morning, when a convoy of army lorries was going past, they were Americans, I did not realise it until several years later that I was witnessing the beginning of the invasion of Europe. ...Read more

A memory of Werrington in 1940 by Stan Twigge