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The view is looking over Holborn Hill towards Black Combe. Holborn Hill is old Millom, the new part of Millom was built when iron ore was discovered in 1855 at Hodbarrow and the iron works was built and Hodbarrow mines opened. ...Read more

A memory of Millom in 1940 by Ian Jordison

Pam lived with her family in Washington Road and on leaving school at  first worked with Mr Morely the baker in his Longfellow Road shop, helping to keep the books and doing counter work. Years later when Pam was 24 we were married in St Philip's Church - now no longer there.

A memory of Worcester Park in 1944 by Brian Haynes

I well remember the 2 WALLY KILLMINSTER shops at the Triangle, one of the shops was for sports gear, and the other was for models, good quality models.  One model they had was a 4-engined bomber that had been made and put on ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1948 by Edward Cooke

Although I was only a boy. Me and my two brothers went Percy Street School. Mrs Evans was the teacher I remember very well. We lived on Davids Square. We had many happy hours at the Vernon picture house, the old flea pit. Also on Billy ...Read more

A memory of Old Basford in 1949 by David Gainey

I moved to Hengoed when I was 6 years old. I lived in Hawthorn Avenue when the houses were first built. The first winter there was very bad, I have not seen a winter like it since, not in Hengoed anyway. It was a close-knit community ...Read more

A memory of Hengoed in 1948 by Graham Sanders

My father, 'John' Johnson, was a chaplain in the Royal Navy from 1943-46. He was based on HMS Cyclops, the submarine depot ship, in Rothesay harbour The family accompanied him to Rothesay and we lived at 2, Desmond Bank for a time ...Read more

A memory of Rothesay in 1943 by Martin Johnson

I am very much a novice with the computer and Googled Blackford, Scotland, and to my delight lots of things came up, plus this site which I am so delighted about. I lived in Blackford till I was about 15 a half. I so ...Read more

A memory of Blackford in 1949 by Linda Newport

I can remember going sancing in the  park. I was stationed at Bailiol Camp, Arborfield and we used to go there in a 3 ton army lorry. I can't remember how often we used to go there, after all it was 60 + years ago. I ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham in 1946 by Peter Radford

My mother's family were from Appledore and although I was born on a visit up north to my father's family, I was only a few months old when we came back. We lived in various houses in the village, Canal Cottages and Hawthorn being two ...Read more

A memory of Appledore in 1942 by Celia Brydon

I am 7 years old, and walking down Park Street to the cricket pitch, under the trees at the end of the row. By the look of the trees in this photograph it is a little to early in the year to go 'walnutting' in the walnut field  farther down ...Read more

A memory of Fairford in 1948 by Geoffrey Herbert