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Soon after the end of WW2, we stayed in Frampton on Severn, at the home of my Uncle Percy and his wife Mary. My Uncle Percy worked on an Estate, possibly Frampton Court. With some of the local lads we liked to visit, what ...Read more

A memory of Frampton On Severn in 1947 by Ken Cook

We moved to Abridge in 1948, I was 8 years old, with mum and dad Pat and Stan Walker.  We lived at no 41 Pancroft Estate later re numbered 45.  My early memories of the little villiage was of Brighty's shop and cafe ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1948 by Roger Walker

This story is a memory during the Second World War. My father Samuel Fredrick Richardson was the air-raid warden. There was a brick shelter, built on the village green. Most of the village used to use it. One night ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1940 by The Frith Memory Archivist

Hi I was taken to the upper Rhondda valley (Tynewydd) by my mother in 1940 , I was some 9 yrs old. I went to school both primary and secondary (Treherbert boys school). I had lots of cousins. Myself and my cousin walked ...Read more

A memory of Blaengwynfi in 1940 by Ray Paget

I well remember the line of elm trees beyond the lady pushing the pram. On a sunny afternoon I recall playing in the park when a V1 'Doodlebug' with its distinctive, pulsating jet engine flew low over the trees, (right ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1944 by John Barnes

I can add information about the September bombing and suggest that one reason for the low number of casualities was that it was a time bomb that landed on Bell Vue Terrace. Aunt Alice and Daisy lived at ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1940 by Richard Pealling

Where do I start ? Living in Monmouth House on the top of Almondsbury Hill. going to Almondsbury village school sitting next to Tony Evans, head of the Patchway gang & a brilliant football goalkeeper. Gaffer ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1940 by Tex ( Adrian ) Woodward

My grandparents (Mr and Mrs Scorah) used to live in Town End Avenue, Low Ackworth. I remember visiting them with my mother, while my dad was at war. We used to catch the bus from Scunthorpe to Waterdale, Doncaster. Then we would dash ...Read more

A memory of Ackworth in 1940 by Tony Crawshaw

I grew up in Silsden and also worked in Silsden, as a weaver at Stocks Mill. I lived at 52 New Rd or shed side, as it was known. We lived almost opposite Fletchers mill gates, in a back-to-back two bedroomed terraced ...Read more

A memory of Silsden in 1943 by Gordon Cooper

Pathways were made up of compressed dirt, West Street (facing West Rainton), Back Row (facing the Meadow’s Pit), Lewis Street running parallel with Back Row) and Cross Street running parallel with West Street). Krone ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1940 by John Harvey