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I entered Harlow Wood in December 1939. I was 3 at the time. I left 3 yreas later unable to walk but cured of TB. I was under a Mr Campbell, the orthopaedic specialist. When I returned fro frequent checks. I remember he always ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield in 1940

I was born in Recreation Close - a tiny 1 bedroom maisonette at the bottom of Wide Way. My Grandparents lived in Greenwood Road just around the corner. In June 1944, during the Second World War, a doodle bug exploded on the shelter ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1940 by Patricia Sullivan

Miss Wade was the head mistress of the infants and the girls school. Miss Snell and Miss Jolly were the infant teachers, both out of retirement. In the boys juior school the teachers were Miss James, a new teacher she made the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1940 by Ramon Lane

My first memory was of being taken to the air raid shelter on Tower Hill from Keith Lucas Road. I was held up as a babe in arms to see the "wee aeroplanes" that were bombing the R.A.E. I saw three "Flying Pencils" [it appears there were four]. ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by John Mc Vey

I was born in the old cottage on the left, 175 High Street, in 1948, as June Glencross, my parents squatted there after the war, my dad became the local builder. In 1956 we moved up the road to the old congregational ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows in 1948 by June Bennetts

t'Central stood at the junction of Kings Road & Moor Street, almost on the bend.Compared to the junior school it seemed very modern and had only been open about twentyfive years. It had a ...Read more

A memory of Shaw in 1947

I was born in no 112 in 1940 and lived there until 1960. I have distinct memories of cattle market days when cattle being driven down to the market left unpleasant reminders all across the road. Remember too when the trees were cut ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury in 1940 by James Carter

I'm wondering if anyone remembers St. Mary's High School in Western Road. I attended the school when I was very young in 1946-9, before my family emigrated first to Canada, then to the USA. My best friends were Zena O'Shea, ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1949

In 1949 my mother and I moved to Bentworth when my mother became the Health Visitor for Alton. We first stayed at rooms in the White House which was diagonally across from the Dugdales in the Big house at ...Read more

A memory of Bentworth in 1949 by morrowmm

I finally fullfilled a lifetime dream to visit Raughton Head, in particular the church where I was baptised in in September 1944 ie All Saints' Church. During the blitz of the Second World War my father decided ...Read more

A memory of Raughton Head in 1944 by Graham Gaylard