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We soon got back into the routine and before long the summer holidays came along. The last day of school was a big event. That morning we got eggs for breakfast. That was so, when we got home and our parents asked ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

Nice to see this site. I was born in Coronation Street, and lived from 1947 till 1964 in the Plies, until my marriage. I have the fondest memories of growing up in Fairford, an absoutely idyllic life for a child in those days. The ...Read more

A memory of Fairford by Geoffrey Herbert

I lived in a cottage in Long Lane, beyond Church End as a child during the war. I have vivid memories of my life here. The snowy winter of 1943 when the snow reached up to the cottage windows. We had no neighbours except Dick and ...Read more

A memory of Gamlingay in 1940 by Maureen Arrowsmith

My first real memory of the town was Mum taking me to Blakes corner which has been bombed and me peering through the wooden safety wall, to look at the hole down below. I think it became Timothy Whites & Taylor after ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Victoria Falkowska

I was born in Axminster and having failed my eleven-plus exam (fortunately) I went to the secondary modern school where Mr Tolchard was headmaster (known affectionately as Herby). My favourite ...Read more

A memory of Axminster in 1956 by Marjorie Alcock

I arrived at the Infants School aged 6, fresh from a tiny village school in rural Somerset. My abiding memory was of the outside communal toilets with a trough at the base of a wall which used to back on to the pavement of ...Read more

A memory of Seven Kings in 1954 by Ian Wilman

Was this camp called the 'Constitutional Holiday Camp'? If so I remember being sent there for a week's holiday by the British Legion Orphans Committee - it felt like I was going to the other end of the world from ...Read more

A memory of Hopton on Sea in 1958 by Elizabeth Moate

Most of my working life, to this day I have walked daily down Market Hill. In the 1960s I worked at Wrights chemist. I remember Guest's provisions shop, very classy, wonderful smells of fresh coffee. I ...Read more

A memory of Barnsley in 1962

This used to be the entrance to Brooklands and we used to run up and down the batter (sic) during some of the races. Foolish bravuro. Our family name was Griffiths and this was our way to the West Weybridge station, I went to the ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1940 by A.G Schnell

I'm still living here today, a few streets have now disappeared, Wood Street and a lot of Bridgend Road as well as some local landmarks like the Ambulance Hall (The rink) and more recently the Ffaldau Hotel; but it's ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer in 1974 by Charles Trevelyan