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I was evacuated to Reepham from London, when the war was going on. I lived in the high street with a Mrs Tonn, and a Mr & Mrs Mason on their farm. The days of freshly made butter and milk! Farm animals as pets! I ...Read more

A memory of Reepham in 1940 by Shirley Ring

I lived in Foodieash from the age of 3 to 17 and remember it as a peaceful little village, there was no electric, the loo was down the back garden, but they were happy days. I remember going to Foodie farm every morning ...Read more

A memory of Blebocraigs in 1940 by Jean Williams

My cousin Dennis Gill remembers the first Christmas after the war re the children of Chiddingford, the story was published in the Daily Mirror with pictures of the village children, can anyone remember ...Read more

A memory of Chiddingfold in 1945 by Vivian Sadler

I was born in my grandparents' home in Rosedale Avenue in July 1947. I remember Crosby well, the cinema at the top of Endbutt Lane, going to church at St Peter and St Paul's RC Church, seeing the Beatles, and here I am in 2010 ...Read more

A memory of Crosby in 1947 by Ann Hamlet

When I was a young lad my father Gwilym Jones and Joe Collins of Avondale Street (Joe was, during the 1939-45 war, the army lightweight boxing champion of India) My father had been a professional boxer in his earlier years.They opened up a ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1948 by Royden Jones

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

I lived in Tetney for about the first 5 years of my life. I vaguely remember going to school and walking a long way home. I can't remember the name of the road, but the house I lived in was called 'Mistletoe Cottage'. As far as I ...Read more

A memory of Tetney in 1940 by Tony Bushell

Those of us at Colerne school who passed our 'scholarship' exam at the age of about eleven usually went on to Chippenham Secondary School, which probably goes under a different name now: it's at Hardenhuish, ...Read more

A memory of Colerne in 1940 by John Bunting

I literally stumbled upon this website and have been interested to read the memories of people who lived in Betton, a place well known to me. I lived there as a wartime evacuee in the 1940s, and Marc Chrysanthou's ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1940 by Edward Gill

My sister, Joy, elder brother, Richard and myself, John Keeling, were evacuated to Llanharan in June 1940. After a short time Richard and myself were placed with a lovely old lady at 12 Seymour Avenue, Mrs Surridge. I do ...Read more

A memory of Llanharan in 1940 by John Keeling