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As a 13-year old lad freshly returned from the United States (to which my Dad had been posted for oil shipment duties), I found myself one September day a little teary-eyed at the doors of Edgarley Hall. I did not know then that I was about to ...Read more

A memory of Edgarley in 1946 by John Sansom

I was in REME stationed in Peel Green and on Wednesday afternoons we were taken to see different factories etc, and one Wednesday we toured by boat all around the docks at Manchester and the commentator told us ...Read more

A memory of Manchester Ship Canal in 1948 by Trevor Williams

Yes, I remember Tommy Cocker, I was born in Patricroft in 1941 and lived in Mellor Street. After school I used to go to Tommy's shop to do odd jobs for spending money. One of the jobs I did was to pluck chickens, he used to keep them ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1946 by Barry Wilson

Just after the war during our summer holidays I was sent from Rochester (where we lived at that time, Dad having been demobbed and then working at Short Bros on the airport), together with my trusty Hercules cycle to spend the ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1940 by Mike Mumford

My memory of the pond was when I fell down a well in the pond with my wellington boots on, and my brother pulled me out. Also on the heath we used to build the bonfires for Guy Fawkes day, that was so much fun, bringing all the ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1947 by Irene Rogers

I have fond memories of my childhood/early teens in Sutton-at-Hone. I attended the C of E Primary school in the early 1940s; I remember one of the teachers, a Ms. Rogers, the headmaster was a layman in the local church, I cannot ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1940 by John Andrews

My grandmother, Joan Hobson (nee Charlton) owned the sweet shop here and ran it from about 1945 onwards, until the early 1960s. Her mother, Mrs Charlton, ran it before her. Joan was in the WAAF as a young ...Read more

A memory of Willington in 1940 by Sue Henderson

The station was the take-off location for aircraft on a bombing raid to Germany. Squadron Leader Francis William Scott Turner departed 1843 on 22nd September 1943 and was shot down over Germany, missing and ...Read more

A memory of Holme in 1943 by Peter Turner

I used to attend the Notre Dame Convent School (or Grammar School, as it was sometimes called). I was from Warrington on an 11+ scholarship and had to travel in by bus every morning - then walk past ...Read more

A memory of St Helens in 1949

In 1942 I should have attended Wembley Manor school but this was bombed and completely demolished, so we were split up and 2 classes went to Park Lane school. This school was bombed at night 3 days ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1942 by Dennis Eyre