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I lived in Arreton from birth until my marriage.  My family consisted of Dad and Mum, my sister Gill, my paternal grandparents and a retired infant teacher Miss Muskett. She taught me at home before I began school at the village ...Read more

A memory of Arreton in 1940 by Pat Phillips

Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by W&C ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Denman Lalonde

I am a little bit unsure whether it was 1948 when my late  father, the Revd Peter N Longridge, moved from Sticklpath in Barnstaple down to Combpyne. Or maybe a year or two later. The list of Rectors in the church will ...Read more

A memory of Combpyne in 1948 by Richard Longridge

Hi all. My name is John Potter. I have found out the last address of my Gran and Grandad Hollands, at 78 High Street, Halling. I remember going across a bridge past the graves in a wood on the right to the allotments to help my grandfather, ...Read more

A memory of Halling in 1940 by John Potter

I attended this school around 1945 to 1949. In my final years I was School Vice Captain and represented the school at football, basketball, athletics and swimming. I was Middlesbrough Schoolboy Swimming Champion ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1940 by John Culbert

When I lived in the village there was a bakery at the building on the corner of this road where it went down to the canal. The flour was ground at the Mill over the drawbridge for making the most delicious bread you could buy in those ...Read more

A memory of Lower Heyford in 1940 by Marion June Messenger

I was born in 54 Mill Street, Trecynon. As was my sister, our mother and her brothers and sitsters. A little 2 down 2 up, stone cottage. It was on the top of the hill, and we could run down "the trip" as we called it, and play there, ...Read more

A memory of Trecynon in 1947 by Heather Forey

I was born in Kench Hill Nursing Home to parents living in Payne Street Farm, Charing but have never visited. Does it appear on the map or jigsaw puzzle?

A memory of Charing in 1944 by Ann Manno

Is there anyone else who sang in Mrs Solomon's choir and went to Mr Pellymounter's school in St Dennis. I remember all the grownup ladies wearing their wedding dresses as we had to wear white. I was about four when I started to ...Read more

A memory of St Dennis in 1944 by Judith Ann Jensen Morris

During the Second World War I was evacuated from Harrow and stayed with my relatives in Crackington Haven. I was only 6 years old at the time and went to St Genny's School for about 6-7 months before returning home. The headmaster ...Read more

A memory of St Gennys in 1943 by Graham Ward