Search Results

My brother, Peter, and I were uprooted in 1939 from our home town of Deal in Kent, to live firstly in Troedyrhiw, then Pentrbach, and I had a short stay with Asaph Jenkins and his wife in Abercanaid. We sucessively attended ...Read more

A memory of Abercanaid in 1940 by Herbert Piddock

My family and I lived in Stocks Lane, Drury's Garage was next to us at the top on the corner. The house we lived in still looks exactly the same today as it did so many years ago. Sadly Drury's house, which is shown in the picture, is in a ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1949

My name then was Babs Collins and my memory goes back to World War II, when I and others from my school in Victoria, London were evacuated to both East & West Clandon. We had been moved very hurriedly in July ...Read more

A memory of East Clandon in 1940 by Gina Arnold

I was sent here some time around 1944/45?, I lived in a farmhouse to the left of this picture, just after the turning left, in fact the entrance was just on the right as one turned left. The family I think were called "Choules", or Choles", ...Read more

A memory of Goring in 1944 by Don Lucas

I came from Leeds to Morley as an 11 years old pupil to MGS and was placed in Form 3X. Our form master was Mr Carmichael, and the Head was Francis Henry Hulbert, a fine Headmaster. Senior Master was Mr Charles Thetford, and the ...Read more

A memory of Morley in 1944 by Stanley Blum

Living in Park Street Lane from 1940 to 1961 I passed this corner every day to go under the railway bridge to the recreation ground and school or on to the village. The branches of the Horse Chestnut tree in the foreground gave a ...Read more

A memory of Park Street in 1940 by Valerie Tomlinson

I spent about one year in Much Hadham as German prisoner of war, 1946 till July 1947, working for the Hertfordshire War Agricultural Executice Committee; I specially was engaged in our camp labour office as clerk, under ...Read more

A memory of Much Hadham in 1946 by Walter Scharnagl

I was born and grew up in East Barnet and went to St, Mary's C of E Junior and Mixed Infants School in Churchill Road.  It was a small school with only four classes and the boys left at seven and mostly ...Read more

A memory of East End in 1940 by Barbara Owen

My family moved back to Thornton Heath, to 35 Gilsland Road, just off the High Street, at the end of the war and stayed until 1951. United Dairies was the shop on one corner and next to that a sweetshop and ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1946 by S D Hunt

I was put in Treloars as a last attempt to cure my Lupus Vulgaris, and have many happy memories of the staff and the lads in with me, alas the only names I can recall are John Tissington and David Doe. Woud love to hear from anyone remembering me, regards, Ernie.

A memory of Alton in 1949 by Ernest Windebank