Memories
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Life As A Young Boy In Saltdean
THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more
A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by
School Days
I am surprised that no one has added any memories to this page. When I was a child the village was small and everyone knew everyone else, now it has changed out of all recognition, apart perhaps from the very centre by ...Read more
A memory of Fair Oak in 1947 by
The Bakery In Ealing Broadway
This is for Gwynne Tilley. The bakers shop you refer to was 'Pauls', a family business not far from the church and roughly opposite Woolworths in The Broadway. Pauls was a family business delivering by horse and cart ...Read more
A memory of Ealing in 1948 by
Victoria Park Latchford
I remember when there used to be a place in Victoria Park, Latchford, called `The Pavillion'. It had a row of bushes beside it - dividing it from a sunken paddling pond that had rather ornate brick walls around it and steps ...Read more
A memory of Warrington in 1945
Happy Childhood
I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then ...Read more
A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by
Ww2 Pontllanfraith
My paternal grandfather, Joseph Cook, lived at No 24 Newbridge Road, Pontllanfraith and to avoid the bombing where we lived in South London, we stayed in his house. I was too young for school, but my brothers, Joe and Pat ...Read more
A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1944 by
When Dad Came Home
There was a knock at the door, and there he was, this tall man wearing a bush hat who grabbed my mom, giving her a great big smacker of a kiss. Of course I wasn't having this strange man doing this to my mom, so I promptly got the ...Read more
A memory of Smethwick in 1945 by
Happy Days
i was born in Algers Road, Loughton in 1942 and moved to Chigwell in 1944, then back to Buckhurst Hill in 1947. My dad worked as a lorry driver for W.C.French. My brother Chris and friends used to walk up to Buckhurst Hill High Road ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1947 by
Police House 1939 45
The Police House was located on Radcliffe Road, Cropwell Butler. (now called 'The Old Police House'). On the front wall it bore a sign bearing the words 'County Police'. From 1939 to 1945 it was occupied by the Village ...Read more
A memory of Cropwell Butler in 1940 by
'down Yer 'wey'.
Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more
A memory of Godalming in 1942 by
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