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I'm now 73 years of age, and went every year for my holidays - From I was about 6 till I got married at 21. I went to the Burrance Farm to my Uncle Jake and Martha Carruthers. My cousins were Maisie and Nan Dirom, two sisters ...Read more

A memory of Templand in 1948 by William Herbert

I was born in Watford in 1934 and went to school at Callow Land and Alexandra Secondary Modern. We lived through the war years in Elm Grove. I used to work in Trewins all day Saturday then go to the market and buy mum a bunch of ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1941 by Elsa Ward

In 1940 at age 1, I was moved into 123 Nelson Road with my parents and older brother.It was to be my permanent home for the next 20 years. Nelson road was split into two parts by Weston Park, the scruffy end between ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End in 1940 by David Hammond

Typing this memory on behalf of my mother-in-law, Doris Leadbitter (now Doris Sidebottom) who worked as a nursery assistant between January 1946 and June 1947. She says "I always thought about the children and wondered how they ...Read more

A memory of Stowlangtoft in 1946 by Judith Barnes

These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

I was born in Hednesford in 1948; the house behind the Valeting Service shop, (63 Market Street), close to the Lucas Lighting factory, (now the Lightworks business premises). Coincidentally I later worked for Lucas Lighting for ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford in 1948 by David Birt

My mother Mary Burghall (married name Davies) was born in Chester as were three other generations which I have traced back to 1700s. My mother remembers well swimming in the Dee. She and her friends would walk across the medows ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1940 by Lynn Mace

I was born in May 1945, in Green Street Green - Highfield Avenue, and moved to Woodside, Chelsfield in 1949. I lived there until I married in 1966, so I have clear memories of Crown Road. Two roads led off Warren Road up to Crown Road, ...Read more

A memory of Chelsfield in 1945 by Sandra Viner

I have put 1947 but infact it is from earlier than that to 1954. I think this was a great place for us as kids as we had freedom and not much parental control, I think mainly due to our parents who had just survived the war years, ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted in 1944 by Ian Simmons

The 2nd tall building on left is the Queens head and was my home from 1945 - 1951. My name was then Kathleen McCarthy. On the right where Jones Butcher shop is, is where my friend Ann was killed when a coal truck ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1945 by Katie Butcher (Nee Mc Carthy)