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For two-and-a-half dreadful years, from July 1942 to October 1944, my parents and I survived in three rooms at the top of number 40, Victoria Road, rented from a Mrs Pither. Only the front two rooms, overlooking the street, were habitable ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1942 by Alan Hickman

Going ‘down the village’ pretty much referred to the stretch of Cove Road, between Hazel Avenue and Marrowbrooke Lane, where most of the shops were. Once upon a time Cove must have been the typical English village: two houses, three pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

I lived in Chingford from 1939, when I was born, to 1960 when I left to get married, and moved to Rayleigh, Essex. I remember the war years, and going down the shelter at Chingford Mt. ...Read more

A memory of South Chingford in 1949 by Gloria Gorman

I remember staying in the Black Bull, run by my grandad, grandad Lack. In the back garden was a huge willow tree and in one of the outhouses all the metal tops from the beer bottles were discarded. I used to sit in ...Read more

A memory of Willingham in 1949 by Anna Stearn

My partner was evacuated from East London to Rostherene during the war years and has many fond memories of this place.  It has lead me to look into it and hopefully surprise him shortly with a visit.  He stayed at Shaw Green Farm along ...Read more

A memory of Rostherne in 1941 by Audrey Reardon

I attended Bentham Grammer School which was then located at High Bentham. I believe it has now relocated to Lower Bentham. My memories are many - attending the local church each Sunday Morning, and taking woodworking class ...Read more

A memory of High Bentham in 1940 by Peter Wilkinson

I was born on Queen's Road next to the off licence, past the Baptist Church. My grandparents lived in Farnborough from 1920 to their deaths in 1970's. In those days the Allied troops were stationed nearby at Aldershot.

A memory of Farnborough in 1940 by Pamela Moughton

In 1942 I was 9 years old and lived in Long Eaton during the war having previously lived in the West Riding.  We had no radio and in those days no television and I was either at the outdoor swimming pool or in the library with my nose in a ...Read more

A memory of Long Eaton in 1941 by Mary Foster

I was brought up in the white cottage mid-left, by the roadside, by my grandparents. The Crown Inn at the middle of the picture in the distance was run by Jim and Winnie Tuer, and I was friends with their daughter Ruth. The ...Read more

A memory of Ainstable in 1949 by Kate Walker

I was at St Joseph's Home from November 1947 to july 1953, and had many happy times.

A memory of Patricroft in 1947 by James Sullivan