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I was born in 1932. My father was William (Bill) Cowley, and my grandfather  had a coal merchants business, 'Cowley & Sons'. The photograph of Barnet High Street c1955 brought back many happy ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1940 by Margaret Mosley

For anyone who may have any doubts about Sunderland being bombed put it to rest. I was born in 1935 in Hendon. I vividly recall the day war was declared September 3rd 1939 (my birthday). The next five years were spent in the air raid ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1940 by Ken Marlborough

As a 6 year old I was deposited with the Stevens family -Butchers at No 16-- this is on the right of the street opposite the white building

A memory of St Just in 1940 by Alec Smith

From early 1920's until the late 1970's my husband's family occupied homes in Cheriton. At first in Whitby Road, then for many years at 129 Cheriton High Street, next to their good friends the Priestleys. Names ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1940 by Olivia R S

My Mum Ivy Goodger was Born at 43 Fish street in 1942 Along with her Twin sister Patrica My Grandparents Rose & Alf Goodger moved from Shoreditch London to Redbourn during world war two. And ...Read more

A memory of Redbourn in 1942 by Danny Allen

My Mother owned the Kings Head and i worked in the reastaurant with her she done all home baking and had Eton College lads and there familys eating there,also a great trade was the Army lads from both barracks,I married one in 1956,we ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 1948 by Dorothy Wade

trying to find info if anyone reads this on a tobaconist and sweetshop,on argyle street salford,1943 to 1950.it belonged to a anthony robinsons grandparents,trying to find a picture if any one has any on this,it was ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1940 by Julie. Aldcroft

For two-and-a-half dreadful years, from July 1942 to October 1944, my parents and I survived in three rooms at the top of number 40, Victoria Road, rented from a Mrs Pither. Only the front two rooms, overlooking the street, were habitable ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1942 by Alan Hickman

Going ‘down the village’ pretty much referred to the stretch of Cove Road, between Hazel Avenue and Marrowbrooke Lane, where most of the shops were. Once upon a time Cove must have been the typical English village: two houses, three pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

In the early 1940s I went to Manor House School. It was run by Dr and Mrs Wallace, and occupied the former Rectory in South Street (the site is now covered by a housing estate and the motorway to Portsmouth). Some of the ...Read more

A memory of Havant in 1942 by Barry Mahony