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I was 5 years old when I was evacuated to March from the East End of London. My mother grew up in Turves where my grandfather operated the railway crossing gates. My parents stayed here after the war ended and my father opened a furniture ...Read more

A memory of March in 1940 by Barbara Longstaff

MEMORIES OF A LOST VILLAGE Middle Rainton Introduction My name is John Harvey and this is an account of my memories of being brought up in Middle Rainton between the years 1940 to 1958. As this is ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1940 by John Harvey

Does anyone else remember the A5 Rangers? I was one of the early members of this cycling club - at weekends groups of us, boys and girls, would cycle all over the county, singing as we went. We usually stopped for tea ...Read more

A memory of Towcester in 1949 by Doug Mc Keown

I remember playing down the docks on a Sunday when there was no trains. Fishing off the old pier. Collecting sea coal off the shore. Building a fire and roasting potatoes. Listening to 'The Man in Black' on a Saturday night. A bottle ...Read more

A memory of Ayr in 1948 by Andrew Plain

I was born at no 7 Ashmount Road N15, went to Earlsmead school, all the roads was open then due to me being run over when very young so all residents got together and got the roads closed to through traffic. The small park was our ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1946 by Victor Wrigglesworth

Hello Old Fogies! [you must be an old fogie like me if you remember Retford at that time..Hehe.] I first came to Retford at the age of about 7 months. My mom and dad got a letter from Birmingham saying not to ...Read more

A memory of Retford in 1940 by Bob Williams

Roe Green known as "Tee Total Village" (there has never been a public house there.) The Independent Methodist Church (Chapel) was the hub of the village. I was baptized there in 1939 and all my life up to 1961 was ...Read more

A memory of Roe Green in 1940 by Martin Jermey

Born Southfields Nursing Home 12/01/47. Gladys May Haines (maternal grandmother) who owned The Queensborough Hotel on the sea front before the war. Parents, Madge Haines married Andrew Aitken, a survivor from the ...Read more

A memory of Eastbourne in 1947 by Gail Green

I am still trying to locate anyone who might remember or relate to any folks that lived in Dartford, a specific area would be Morland Avenue. I lived at no 7 Morland Avenue, a member of the Jeffrey family. I would love to locate anyone who remembers my family. Here's to y'all, Clive J.

A memory of Dartford in 1944 by Clive Jeffrey

Further to my initial comment:- I was at Valance in 1949 and was there as a delicate child, having been transfered from another such school "Wrens Warren Camp School" which closed down. The head teacher in 1949 was a ...Read more

A memory of Westerham in 1949 by Maureen Davies