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I attended Warnham Court when it was a school.  It remained a very good school right through to the 1990s when it was closed and revamped in a rather horrid way and sold off as individual flats.. some ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School by Stephen Bowden

I was priviledged to teach at Warnham Court School 1966-7. We spent a lot of time exploring the countryside and doing pond dipping - getting out wellies good and wet! The students in my class found writing ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1966 by David Ford

I have two early memories of Windsor. One, not far from here and having my photo taken with a huge parrot. The second is a bit funnier. We lived in Chalfont St Peter and when I was about 9 in 1964 my elder ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 1960 by Donald Macdonald

My family were the first to occupy number 5 Tenter Lane, Warmsorth. I think that would be at the end of 1946. I have photos of myself and my older brother outside that house in the snows of 1947. We left in the summer of ...Read more

A memory of Levitt Hagg in 1947 by Enid Richardson

I have wartime photos that match the distinctive window patterns and with the back marked 'Aveley' must almost certainly be Belhus House. Does anyone have any information as to what the house was used for by the army in 1940 when my father would have been stationed there?

A memory of Aveley in 1940 by Graham Hutt

Wartime Memories of Hay: Part Three. (Continued) Apart from Ration Books and the coupon implications for restricted purchase of food and clothing, my own recollections of life in Hay during World War ...Read more

A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by John S. Batts

I think I was about 4 when I went to the convent school in 1940. We lived in Southampton and the bombing was dangerous. I remember the picnics on the river, the nuns tucking their habits up to milk ...Read more

A memory of Laleham by sonyadench

The photo caption for this in the book states that there were girders and wires and mines on Lyme beach during the war. My father Gilbert Atterbury was Town Clerk from the mid thirties until the late fifties and fought the War ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis in 1940 by Patience Gent

My mother,Margaret Newell was employed at the Mount Pleasant Post Office HQ, London. In 1940 she was moved to Bournemouth where I believe the Forces Postal Service had been headquartered. ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Martin Newell

I've found the only usable photo I have but can't get it onto the site; how can I do that, please? Note from the Editor: Unfortunately, it is not possible at the moment for users to add photographs to our website. ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boat by karl