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I lived at Reighton Gap from early 1948 to 1951. The picture of the shop brings back many memories as I worked in it  aged 11 during the summer school holidays. My jobs were to handle the dirty jobs, handling of potatoes, ...Read more

A memory of Reighton in 1948 by Frank Archer

Whilst born in New Tredegar I spent a great part of my early life living in Colliers Row, Tirphil during the war.  My maternal grandmother Kate Hannan, she had lived in Colliers Row for an unknown period but having bred eight ...Read more

A memory of Tirphil in 1943 by Kathleen F Shorey

I have lived in Shillingstone since 1977.  By default I seem to have become the village archivist. In March I was given 14 brass plaques, still in named envelopes, which were meant to be presented to ...Read more

A memory of Shillingstone in 1945 by Mike Weiner

I was brought up in Woodlands. My parents owned the Holiday Camp which they retired from in 1968. They built it up from 1927, the year they were married and gradually increased the size of it (on 7 acres) until it ...Read more

A memory of Knatts Valley in 1947 by Barbara Benedict Nee Mellor

I visited Carlton Scroop with my grandmother, Elizaberth Foottit. Her sister was Rose Helena West, they were all born in Hough on the Hill. Harrold Footit, whose memorial is in the church, was my great cousin. ...Read more

A memory of Carlton Scroop in 1948

I was born at Green Hedges in July 1947, shortly before the advent of the NHS. My parents lived in Lewes and my Grandfather (who paid the bills!) in Horsham. I have sometimes wondered if it was the NHS that finished it ...Read more

A memory of Ditchling in 1947 by Nigel Guilford

I was born in 1937 but remember nothing of that year! We lived in Backworth, Northumberland where my father was the colliery engineer at the Maud & the Eccles pits. In about 1945 we moved to the village ...Read more

A memory of Earsdon in 1940 by John Thompson

My father, Wifred Broadhurst, and mother, Gladys (nee' Bryan), were married in 1927, the reception being held in Booth's Hall, opposite the Board School Entrance which was in the ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in 1940 by Alan Broadhurst

My own memories date from 1956 when I went on a family holiday to stay with my mother's carer where she was evacuated in WW2. My mum was there from 1939 to 1943 at least, and she stayed with a Mrs Tancock, a widow, who ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1940 by Susan Coleman

I too went to Crowland road school . My sister went there and every day I cried when I had to go home after taking her there. I believe I could kick up quite a fuss because the teacher eventually let me stay . I was three and a ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1940 by Hettie Quinn