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It may seem strange for a male to offer these memories but boys were accepted in junior forms and I was at Shute School from the summer of 1939 until the Easter term 1941. I and my sister, known as Ba Gauld, joined after ...Read more

A memory of Shute in 1940 by John Gauld

I will always remember regular family trips to Abbey Park, fishing in the Soar, hiring the metal pedal boats and many other memories. I always remember that the one day of the week that we used to go to the park was nearly always on a ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1949 by Roy Lowe

People in my class at Forfar Academy included; John Hopkinson, George Peters, Ronald Cable, Ian Donald, Peggy Bell, Diana Thomson, Ray Irvine, Jean Kerr and Frances Stewart. Other names I remember were; Bruce Smith, Ella Clark, ...Read more

A memory of Forfar in 1941 by Robert Simpson

I was born on the 5th January 1948 in the Duchess of Connaught Nursing Home, Bagshot, evidently I was the only girl in a room full of boys.

A memory of Bagshot in 1948

My brother and I were evacuated to Wiltshire during the middle of WW2 - he staying with two very dear old ladies, and me with my aunt and her two children whilst her husband was away in the Air Force. They were from Harrow and we ...Read more

A memory of Oare in 1940 by Audrey Pollard

I was born in Thorpe Coombe Hospital in 1941 and grew up in Erskine Road Walthamstow which led on to Walthamstow Market. My brother Barry and I would be given a threepenny bit piece by our granddad who lived with our nan ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1940 by Maureen Shanks

For a few years in the late 1940's (I was about 7/8 years old), my parents were avid campers in the primitive way. We had an Austin 7 and ventured out from east Lancs camping at weekends. One venue became a regular weekend ...Read more

A memory of Ingleton in 1948 by Margaret Rothwell

Hi I'm Mike Foster and I was born in Chalfont St Peter in Feb 1936. My mother who had two children; me and my sister, had no where to live. She was offered by some charitable source a two up two down home on the main road ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1940 by Michael Foster

My brother and I were welcomed into the farming family of Mr and Mrs Skeet, where we stayed for nearly 3 years. Coming from London and the bombing to the freedom of the village took a bit of getting used to. We were soon ...Read more

A memory of Ringland in 1941 by Jo Brennan

I have great memories of Mongomery School - Mr Roycroft and Mr Stone. I was the goalie in skittle ball (and I must say a good one!). We used to have a lady coming round at lunchtime to bring us drinks, which was very kind of her. I ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook in 1948 by Annette Tomlinson