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My friends and I were all in the choir here - I think it outnumbered the congregation usually.  We had to share a vicar with Ludgershall.  Choir practice was on a Friday evening.  When the War ended in 1945 ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1944 by joan.battershill

In 1944, when I was six, bombs dropped at the end of our road in N. Mitcham (Caithness Road) rendering our home, and others, uninhabitable, and after spending one night at Woodland Way Community Hall we were ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1944 by Frances Innes

I would really appreciate any information on my Mother's teaching days in Catholic Public School in Braintree Essex from 1944 to 1947.  I was called after one of her students 'Iylish'.    It was a ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1944 by Iylish Finlay

The four cottages in this photograph are of Bryn Terrace, formerly named Bryn Cottages where I lived at No 1 with my sister Beryl and our parents Ceinwen and William John Thacker. My grandparents Mary Ann and William George Davies ...Read more

A memory of Burry Port in 1944 by Ken Thacker

Entertainment The Men: Mostly the pubs provided a good range of entertainment with darts, dominoes and cards being played. Some men kept greyhounds or whippets for racing, but generally gardening took up a lot of their time, as ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

Most of the family would help to do this, it took several weeks to complete. Some looked very good according to the people’s skill. The Children All played together, boys and girls, all age groups and all stayed out until called ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

And had an inter-house sports day annually that was highly contested. The school was divided into four houses, St Columbus, St Aiden, and St Patrick and St Cuthbert’s. Church attendances were very high, poor Fr. Tuohey had to give ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

I remember the north side of the London road much as has been described by others with some differences, the last shop before the garage was Jones the butchers, owned by Mr Jones and run by his three sons, Roy, Owen and the third one ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1945 by Colin Mackenzie

Willesden High Road leads past Willesden Green tube station and on towards St Gabriels Church. It was opposite this church that I lived for the first few months of my life in 1945 with my mother and my grandmother, ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1945 by John Howard Norfolk

My grandparents lived in one of the two cottages at the entrance to Eridge Castle, where grandad was the butler. I was so happy there. Granny would take me to see Mr and Mrs Ward who were the head gardener and his wife. Their ...Read more

A memory of Eridge Green in 1945 by Carol Green