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During this period my mum-in-law, Rosa Crumpler, lived in Stoborough, attended the local school and her father, James George Crumpler, owned the garage. Her claim to fame is that she regularly filled the tank of "Lawrence of Arabia's" motor cycle (on display at Beaulieu).

A memory of Stoborough in 1920 by Pauline Watts

I remember the build up to the Silver Jubilee when we were all having a street party, it was great when all the neighbours came together to make it great. I lived on Two Butt Lane in Rainhill. It brought all of us together. It was ...Read more

A memory of Rainhill by Carolyn Lyon

I was devastated in 1964 when my mother told me we were to leave the village so that my mother could pursue her dream of owning her own small business elsewhere. It was a dreadful culture shock, one that has remained with ...Read more

A memory of Mollington in 1961 by Vanda Godwin Marriott

Our ciu club in Watford came here for a weekend break. It was the Toby Club, as was called, that raised money for the old folks Xmas party. As we were from South Wales, my husband suggested we come down. What agreat time we all had!

A memory of Porthcawl in 1990 by Eira Waite

I too was one of the London evacuees taken to St Day school to be selected by a villager; Miss Murton a shop owner took me into her home. Miss Murton gave up her shop with the rationing and coupon counting. Can anyone tell ...Read more

A memory of St Day in 1940 by Joan Barnard

I remember this paddling pool so well, when I was about 8 years old I would be there with my nana {in fact in looks like me in the pic}. She would sit on the bench in the pic and eat her rich tea biscuits. I begged her ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket by Vicki Amerault

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison

Me and my brother David would get our breakfast then run down Prospect Avenue North to the bus stop beside the shops and once in Clyde Street at Wallsend bus stops made our way to join the huge queue for entrance to the ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1955 by Bill Gibbs

My memories relate to the year 1977 when I arrived in Cropwell Bishop to stay with my Great Uncle Wilf and his wife Dorothy fresh from New Zealand. They lived at the old Post Office in the village of Cropwell ...Read more

A memory of Cropwell Bishop by Brenda Bowden

I arrived in Doe Lea in June 1940 with other evacuees from Lowestoft, Suffolk. I lived in Doe Lea untill 1944. At first we were not accepted by the local children, eventually we mingled and became friends, since the war have been back ...Read more

A memory of Doe Lea in 1940 by Ernie Martin