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My memory of the Baths was getting up at 6.30am to get there for the First Session at 7am. I would swim until 8am then either ride on my bike or walk along the Seafront and Mainsforth Terrace, past the Coal Staithes to ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Carew in 1951 by Dennis Robinson

I was born on Sutton Flats (now demolished) Pendleton in 1941. My first vague memory was sitting under a table with a blanket draped over it and a lit candle (must have been an air-raid on at the time). My first real memory ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Edward Ashton

Please someone do tell me the name of the energetic little lady who taught us all ballroom dancing in a first floor room in Purley. I am wirting my memoirs and her name is on the tip of my tongue but I cannot quite ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1947 by Vera Hopkins

Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, and this country's involvement in the Second World War began. German air-raids and gas attacks were expected imminently, and many ...Read more

A memory of Princes Risborough in 1940 by Julia Skinner

I went as assistant housemother in No.4 in 1944 and stayed there as housemother in No.9 until1947. I would like to hear from a boy who was there at that time. I am now 93 but can still remember going to ...Read more

A memory of South Darenth in 1944 by Gladys Wragg

I was born in Wincanton in 1941, at 55 Penn View. I went to Noth Street School and had a wonderful time there. Wish it still was...but that was my young days. I used to watch the horse raising from the back window of the house. I ...Read more

A memory of Wincanton in 1950 by Brian Parsons

Like a lot of boys I tried fishing at the ponds having cycled there from my home in Nunhead. Never caught a fish though! Happy days. Ken Cook

A memory of Keston in 1956 by Ken Cook

I have said that my early life began in Penge in 1947, but that is only as far back as I can remember. Although I was still only two then, I do have a very good memory. I can remember while I was in a pram outside ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1947 by Anthony Godly

I moved to Watchfield in 1940 and left in 1950. My dad, Mr Woolman, worked for the army and had his office in Homelees Farm in the camp. What a change has taken place at Watchfield. Gone are the places we could play in safety. ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1940 by Jennifer Morris Nee Woolman

My name is Frank Wilson and I too have good and bad memories of Mobberley Boys School. I was sent there in 1971 due to being expelled from 3 schools. My fondest memory was jiffing (smoking) in the yard at dinner time, right under the ...Read more

A memory of Mobberley in 1971 by Frank Wilson