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I remember moving to Twycross with Mum and Dad (Leslie and Louie Jones) and it was in the middle of the war.  Dad had to go into the RAF and I remember going to Atherstone Station to meet him one day when he came home ...Read more

A memory of Twycross in 1941 by Cecily Hart

The blacksmith's shop was at Jack Geddes' farm opposite the Quakers' burial ground. I used to go in and watch sometimes when my brother and I were bringing milk from Cockburns farm further along on the other side of the road. I ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1945 by David Leckenby

I remember the winter of 1947 when the snow stopped us going to school at Lower Heyford. I can't remember for how long although it seemed weeks. My father farmed at Daisyhead Farm and he and Ernie Knapton and Billie ...Read more

A memory of Caulcott in 1947 by Marion June Messenger

I lived at Railway Cottages in Carlin How with my grandparents and mum and dad, for a few years, after that went down to Rolingson Street where we stayed until I was 11. We used to go to the club close to the school. We left the house when ...Read more

A memory of Carlin How in 1949 by Valerie Kamperis

I lived in Towneley Terrace with my Auntie Etty and Uncle Bill Eltringham when my mother died. I remember the street lights coming back on after the war. Looking down at all the pretty lights was a sight ...Read more

A memory of High Spen in 1940 by Ena Taplin

Ironically this picture represents two important monuments relating to my maternal uncle. At St. Peter's Church on the right is where he sang as a choir boy. The war memorial on the left immortalizes his death in 1943 at age ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1943 by Carole Hudon

I was 5 or 6 years old the first time my Grandmother took me to Llangwynadl, we stayed at Glany Mor right at the end of the lane. The following year we went again but stayed at the pink cottage owned by Mr & Mrs Jones, ...Read more

A memory of Llangwnnadl in 1942 by Audrey Wynn

I was evacuated to Croyde and would walk to school in Georgeham every day. I stayed at a house called Watersmeet with a family named Rogers, daughter Pat. I remember at school we would listen to the radio. I particularly ...Read more

A memory of Georgeham in 1942 by John White

In March 1946 as an18 year old I was called up to report to RAF Padgate, and do 2 years National Service in the RAF. After a few days there, being kitted out with uniform etc, I was posted to 11 GRP Uxbridge in July 1946 ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1946 by John Ansell

On the 12th June 1941 I was born in the Duchy Hotel as my father was then a serving Prison Officer. As I was so young I don't remember the early years of my life, but Princetown and the Duchy Hotel have been part of my life, and I ...Read more

A memory of Princetown in 1941 by John Bovis