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My parents moved to Cranford in 1938, I was 3 years old. My dad was a pastrycook / baker and had got a job with a local firm in Cranford across from ‘The Berkeley Arms Hotel’. To the left of the hotel was a cherry orchard. A ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1946 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

I am revisiting my Nash childhood next month, 18 May 2011. We lived in a quaint cottage from 1946-50 when I was a pre-schooler. My father cycled to Buckingham daily all year round. My first word was spoken in that ...Read more

A memory of Nash in 1946

I was born at Richard Murray Hospital at Shotley Bridge, County Durham on 09/07/1942. My parents Winnie and Jack Kershaw, my mam's maiden name was Burnhope and my dad's family were the Kershaws, lemonade ...Read more

A memory of Leadgate in 1942 by Ian Kershaw

I attended Manor Street School from 1943-1949 ish. I also lived at No17 Manor Street shown as one of the white cottages seen virtually joined to the school wall during those years. It's exactly opposite the entrance to the Bus ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1943 by Sheila Ambrose

My memories start long before there was a Tithe Farm estate. In my time it was a farm and the footpath I used to go to school started there, it meandered al the way over the fields to Carcutt farm, where I lived all ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis in 1940 by Barbara Ercegovic

My parents met at a place called Thornypits and married during the war years.They were George and Pam Edwards, he was a local barber and came from Killarney, Southern Ireland, she came from Ditcheat, near Shepton Mallet ...Read more

A memory of Hawthorn in 1942 by Pam Mears

Country born and bred, I regularly stayed with aunts and uncles in Seven Kings and Barkingside My regular haunts were Valentine's 'Cranbrook' and Barkingkside Parks as well as the disused airfield known as Fairlop. The latter being a ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1949 by John Wicks

I have mainly unhappy memories of Marsh Court. During the Second World War it was used as a convalescent home for children and in 1944 I was sent there after being knocked down by a car in Tettenhall ...Read more

A memory of Marsh Court in 1944

I lived in Marfleet during the Second World War. One afternoon we heard a machine gun from the direction of Saltend. Not long after, a column of smoke arose. It was said at the ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1940 by Terry Mccomish

As I recall my mother was not a member of the local St. Nicholas Church Women's Union. She was a member of the Young Wives group. We lived in Mile Oak, I was born there in 1944. On occasion she would attend meetings in ...Read more

A memory of Portslade-By-Sea in 1940 by Bonny Cother