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Happy memories of Barningham. I lived on Metcalfe Farm in Park House, sent there from South Shields with my mum and brother after our home took a direct hit during an air raid . Mum worked very hard on the farm along with German ...Read more

A memory of Barningham in 1940 by Maureen Coombes

I remember when I used to catch a trolley at Fanshawe Avenue and go to Ilford Broadway and then go for a wander around the shops in Ilford. If I recall, the trolley bus ride was about 2d each way. When it came time to go home I caught a bus ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1949 by Jill Blackman

I was born in stubb, 11 south ways. Went to mr farthings school , He was the head Master, I remember mr fletcher and mrs upsson? My maiden name was madgwick mum and dad were sent to south ways. I was there 5 years before ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1948 by Margaret Waterhouse

Mum, Ivy Ironmonger, and her sister, Edie, were evacuated from London during summer of 1944 and I was born on September 19th that year. Mum gave birth in the front bedroom of number 78 Excelsior Sreet, Waunlwyd, one of the ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1944 by David Ironmonger

I was born in Eresby Mews in 1948 in a flat above an old stable or coach house, my father Harry was born in the same mews in 1905. He owned a garage business in the mews from the 1930's until 1963, named Floyds Garage. I ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1948 by John Floyd

We moved to Maxey Road, Dagenham from the Beacontree Estate in about 1946 and I was resident until 1961 when I got married and moved to East Ham. My education started off at South Wood Lane primary school where I still retain vivid ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1946 by Jim Woodley

I was born in Sutton at Hone and lived there until I married in 1963. I remember many of the names recalled in the memories on this site. My maiden name was Bradley and I had two brothers David and Raymond. I went to school ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1940 by Mavis Fuller

I was amazed to see this website!I was at Arley for the whole of the Second World War. The memories that I have are happy ones and I was looking for the prospectus that I was sure I had when I thought of going online. The names leapt out at ...Read more

A memory of Upper Arley in 1940 by Janette M Rangeley

I was a student at the Norwood Technical Institute which was evacuated to Coles Hill House, Westmill. The house itself belonged to a military officer, and I guess it was taken over for evacuees. At the ...Read more

A memory of Westmill in 1941 by Eileen Griss (Nee Collier)E

My parents, younger brother and I moved to Tidworth in 1938 when I was 3 and my brother 1 year old. I was born in Collingbourne Ducis and we spent a very short time in Ludgershall but, as I understand it, the new council houses ...Read more

A memory of Tidworth in 1940 by Paul Vivash