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Does anyone remember the Cooper family who lived in Bickley Street from the early forties until the early sixties, or the Wharfe family that lived in Hereward Road? Or any memories you have of the Tooting Granada from the late forties to the late fifties.

A memory of Tooting in 1943

1942 was the year that my mother, Ethel Tyreman (nee Davidson) and sister Iris and brothers Harry, Fred, Frank and myself Eric, moved to Grosmont when our Whitby home was hit by German bombs. My dad, Fred, was a P.O.W ...Read more

A memory of Grosmont in 1942 by George Tyreman

Hello I attended this school for a few years from about 1942. I think it was known then as Romsey Abbey Infants School. Later I went on to the Abbey Junior School (which is now a library). As far as I know it was never a childrens ...Read more

A memory of Romsey in 1942 by Ken Keeping

I was born at 3 Dornden Cottages in June 1942. My father (Charles Harris) was Chauffer to Mr Coombe at Dornden. Unfortunately Mr Coombe died around 1947 and we had to move out of our cottage as it was a ...Read more

A memory of Langton Green in 1942 by Kathleen Lock (Nee Harris)

I was born on Heol y Baw, which is off Heol y Dre... one of the pictures you have on here is of a cottage on Village Street ..known as Heol y Dre.. I spent many many hours in this cottage, when the Morris`s lived there, they were a ...Read more

A memory of Cefneithin in 1945 by Sylvia Roberts

I used to look forward to the Town Hall dance, the place used to be packed. Those were the days of "Teddy boy suits", jive and bebop. I was born in Grove Street, Nantyffyllon but grew up in Llwydarth Road, but funnily enough spent ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1940 by David Byers

Moving from a house made of earth and straw in Walcote to new Prefab in Dunley Way and later moving to Denbigh Place. Growing Potatoes and Marrows in the garden. Father (Norman) worked at Power Jets on secret jet engines. ...Read more

A memory of Lutterworth in 1940 by David Walker

I moved to Chingford Hatch in 1946 from Hackney, we moved into a new house on Friday Hill. Some of my early memories was climbing the huge elm trees that were either side of Friday Hill. I remember the Old Smithy in what is ...Read more

A memory of South Tottenham in 1946 by Henry Molyneux

I spent a lot of my childhood at my G.Grandmother's auld hoose in the High Street, Linlithgow across the road from Alva House. Through a close, a Mrs Swan lived up right and Liza Dalrymple on the left. Next door was a Jimmie ...Read more

A memory of Linlithgow in 1940 by Connie Telfer Smith

After we were bombed out in London my parents bought a house in Romford, Essex. My father was working for the Ford Motor Company that had converted its assembly lines to manufacture Bren gun carriers and other war time vehicles. ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1940 by Ray Tricker