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I was born at 28 Oak Street Garden City, in June 1947. My father was a miner in the Brit and in later years so was my brother Brian, my father was John David Evans but better known as "Dai Queenie". After 28 years of ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1947 by Beverley Evans

The lovely Thomas family took me in as an evacuee during the war years, they had a daughter, Myra or similar. Sundays were special, we visited grandparents up on a hill. Moria C.M. Sunday School presented me with a ...Read more

A memory of Kenfig Hill in 1945 by Lilian Haslehurst (Fry)

My great-grandmother Annie Rhinds was admitted to Hartwood hospital in January 1925 after her husband William Rhinds was killed in a mining accident. Annie died in 1942 at the hospital. My grandfather Myles Rhinds ...Read more

A memory of Hartwood in 1942 by Martha Warrander

I was thinking of my early days in Tarpots and I had one of those memory flashes, I'm not sure exactly how old I was but it concerned my first "pocket money" sixpence a week as it turned out, the first issue was a Saturday and ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1946 by Colin Mackenzie

My memories are very clear of being ten years old and attending Burnhope Primary School. While I didn't realise it at the time, every teacher was brilliant. Miss Mary Dowson taught me in my last year at that school and eighteen of ...Read more

A memory of Burnhope in 1942 by Josephine Clarke

I was born at 4 Chapel Yard, Dronfield on 13th September 1941. We lived with my grandma, Mrs Watson, as my dad Jack Keeble was away in Burma fighting the Japanese. It was only a small house as it was originally a ...Read more

A memory of Dronfield in 1941 by Ann Lee

This memory relates to the time I was at boarding school in Hyde End House just down the road. We used to spend our pocket money in this village shop with its characteristic smell of bacon and tea. Of course first we had to get ...Read more

A memory of Brimpton in 1947 by Paul Alexander

Hi Fellow Evacuee! My mother and 6 brothers and sisters were evacuated to Gilfach Goch from South London. I was aged 7 when we first arrived. We were separated into different families. I stayed with my mum, at Mrs John, who we all ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1940 by Martin Jordan

Hi John Moore, I am very interested in what you remember. I was born at number 34 in 1941 and lived with my nana Ethel and grandad, mother Rita and sister Rita, there was also a boy from London, Douglas Kitson, he lived with ...Read more

A memory of Cherry Hinton in 1945 by Ron Clarke

My father helped out Caledonian House and my mother was an usherette at the Picture House in Hunstanton. My grandmother Cecilia (Cissy) and her husband Eddie ran Caledonian House and also had a garage behind it where my dad did ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1940 by David Burrows