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i was evacuated with my mother and brother around 1940 the first time and twice again later during the war. The first time i was about 2 years old and stayed with a couple who ran a public house in cherry hinton so i was ...Read more

A memory of Teversham in 1940 by Maurene Kauter

I was at Hutton poplars home from 1960-1965, started in Fal house Miss Creffield,was house mother, then 1962 moved into Dart house with the same housemother Miss Creffield until 1964, I spent last year in Thames ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield in 1960 by Alan Loxton

I was a cadet nurse at Orsett in the early 70's and then a pupil nurse for a short while as I left to have a baby. I have great memories of life in the Nurses home with all the other girls and of course the house warden good old Gerti. I also ...Read more

A memory of Orsett by Josephine Drescher

I returned to East Wittering a few days ago upon a nostalgic trip. I was absolutely amazed at how little it has changed since I had a family holiday there in 1962 when I was five years ...Read more

A memory of East Wittering by Stuart Hall

Eight months after I had my first baby Nadia Kersey-Brown, I went to live with my parents Clifford and Kay McLaglen at "Lock Ahoy" over-looking the Lock. I stayed from April 1967 until Jan 1968 and ...Read more

A memory of Staines by Cynthia Mc Laglen

I first attended this camp in 1954 as a baby of 10 months of age and my first experience of the sea was with my father at that tender age. I attended for at least the next 10 years and learned to ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1960 by David Styles

Boy I miss Tongham. Not because of how great it is, but because how great it was. Growing up there as a young boy has to be one of the best experiences a boy could have. I used to live on Northside, number 3, along with my ...Read more

A memory of Tongham by Paul Nicholls

I was born in Wallace Street, Dumbarton, August 13th 1959 in my grandparent's (Andrew and Mabel Aitken) house named "Bourtree". My other grandparents (Jim and Margaret Brash) lived directly across the road in their house ...Read more

A memory of Dumbarton in 1959 by Gordon Aitken

It has been a while since I have entered my memory bank, but the impending arrival of my first grandchild from my Australian marriage is reason enough, strangely (or not). I was invited to move to Brisbane to be near my eldest son in 2009 ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 2013 by John Scott

I stayed at Eighton Lodge mother and baby home for 8 weeks; end of January to March 1974. I was 16 at the time and an unmarried mother. I lived in Benton, Newcastle, with my parents and 5 siblings. I shared a room at Eighton Lodge ...Read more

A memory of Eighton Banks in 1974 by Sue Hall