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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

Hi does anyone remember the v1bomb that fell on Renmuir street ,there are flats there now where the bomb fell on the houses .If any one that lived in Renmuir Street at the time I would like to hear from you. Beryl Clark née jamieson . ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1940 by Beryl Clark

My father James Tregellis, , was evacuated to Malmesbury during the second world war , he had three billets in the town,and has many stories of the time he was in Malmesbury which I have turned into a short film script,and is ...Read more

A memory of Malmesbury in 1942 by Lee Tregellis

My father was in the boys choir .William Frank Lush. He lived at Number 3 Railway cottages. His next door neighbor were the Tate's. John Tate is still alive and I'm in contact with him.The brother Leonard Sidney Lush disappeared from the ...Read more

A memory of Itchen Abbas in 1941 by Ron Lush

I participated in Rose Queen Day in June from 1945 until June 1954. As a pupil at the little village school my first experience was learning the dances which, after much practising in the playground, became wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Eccleston in 1945 by Sylvia Knott

I moved to 120 Boundary Road, Bidston in 1938, from 11 Clifford Street, off Laird Street. Attended Bidston Avenue School and later Tollemache Road School - Mr Gidney. head master, Pollett. Evans, Blackmore, ...Read more

A memory of Bidston in 1940 by Les Walker

I have read with interest the comment from ex inmates of the Castle School, Stanhope. I was there from 1943 until 1950. As with some of the others I was first placed in similar establishments ; Rochdale – where the ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1943 by Thomas Watson

My introduction to the Monckton mining community began on a bitter cold March Monday morning in 1944. The wartime Minister of Labour Ernest Bevin had decreed that I should become one of his boys. So here I was at ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1944

I was evacuated with my mother and siblings to Thorpe Abbots during the war from London, and have many happy memories from that time even though there was a war on. The generosity of the Americans always comes to mind. To me, ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Abbotts in 1943 by Terry Bates

Hi everyone ..So sorry that I don't have any photographs to show you all at this stage. But, I was born on Kingsley Holt on the 19th of December 1942. My dad was Frank Rainsford and my mother, Marion Rainsford (nee James) My ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1940 by Les Rainsford