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I lived at 257 Frimley Green Road- where Warrens' garage now stands - 1942 to 1954. There was an air-raid shelter on the Green which we watched being demolished.  Every Nov 5th there was a gigantic bonfire on the Green, fired by ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1940 by David Kearns

I went to Flaxley Road Primary School until 1969. There was a single classroom to the front of the school run by Miss Reid, my grandmother's friend, I was scared stiff of her.

A memory of Selby in 1963 by Janet Wall

I was 5 years old when the Second World War started.  My father Alec Lawlor and mother Thirza Booty Lawlor along with my little brother Brian and myself were living in Bristol, West England at the ...Read more

A memory of Stondon Massey in 1940 by David Lawlor

I remember meeting my friends in DeMarcos ice cream parlour opposite the Regal Cinema, sitting for hours over one cup of coffee doing the crossword in the Evening News. I remember coming out of DeMarcos, crossing the road ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1965 by Judie Tierney

My family moved to Bishton in 1945 when my father began working at Bishton Signal Box. Because of the returning soldiers, few houses were available in the Newport area so we settled at Bank Cottage, Bishton. The cottage ...Read more

A memory of Bishton in 1945 by Bob Stinchcombe

The photograph of Bridge Road clearly shows The Cove Supply Stores building on the right. My parents ran that shop from about 1936 to 1945. The Bridge Road end of the shop in the photo was the Off-Licence. Opposite the shop ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1930 by Ronald Catmur

My sisters and I lived in the children's home at 40 Woodland Terrace, Maesycoed from 1972 till 1975. I remember the staff being very caring but occasionally strict. Us younger ones were banished to the massive ...Read more

A memory of Maesycoed in 1973 by Shelley Phillips

When I was 6 years old my brother Ken and I went to live at Kenward, the Dr Barnardo's home in Yalding. It was a fantastic house and I can still remember the lay out of it. We had a wonderful childhood there. We had 'aunts' in the local ...Read more

A memory of Yalding in 1952 by Margaret Cadger

My family owned the Chinese laundry at the corner of Cannon St. and Liverpool Rd. The laundry was named the Soo Wing Laundry, after my grandfather. I was born in August 1941 and, as a baby, I remember being wrapped in ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1940 by Peter Soo

My father was a teacher at Pyrford School when Len Cowie was the headmaster. I remember Mrs Jones and Mrs Bugler and Miss Mcdermot and Mr Stevens, who lived by the old school in Engliff Lane. I remember being privileged to sometimes ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1965 by Adrian Bray Bray