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I was about 3 years old when I was evacuated to Newton St Cyres from Plymouth. I lived with a nice lady called Mrs Buchannun, I believe she was a retired school mistress. I can remember the water pump in the road. I was very happy ...Read more

A memory of Newton St Cyres in 1940 by Eugenie Crook

It was September of 1942 when first I spied a dewy spider web gleaming in the sunlight of the morning as I entered on my first day at the Ilkeston County Secondary School. I in short trousers was suddenly seized and ...Read more

A memory of Ilkeston in 1940 by Trevor Adams

Born in Northlands Drive, Pitsea in 1938, my first recollection was aged 3 years when I remember being put to bed in a cot under the kitchen table during an air raid. We had an Andersen shelter in the garden ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Mike Perry

Dear Roland, How interesting - your memories of High Barnet. As far as I am aware - we were not related to the Sunderlands of Hadley. The Cowley family who lived in Cockfosters, would most probably be my Uncle ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1940 by Margaret Mosley

I too remember Nelson very well. I was sent to live with my grandparents in Nelson when I was 3 years old. My grandfather owned the garage/cycle shop at 2 Dynevor Terrace. His name was Tom Bowen. I can ...Read more

A memory of Nelson in 1940 by Barbara Barnes

My mother was a Nurse Tutor at Lord Mayor Treloars Hospital during the 1940s to the 1960s. I am wondering if anyone has any memories of her, I would be very happy to hear of them.

A memory of Alton in 1940 by Patricia Ann Harris

Hallo My husband Ken lived in Berkeley Avenue from about 1936 to 1960, with a couple of years off doing National Service. He tells me he cannot remember there being anything but a petrol station at the end of the road, but with the ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1940 by Sylvia Stalder

I lived at the Britannia Hotel with my mother and father, two sisters and a brother. I went to Pencoed School, married at Pencoed Church. I was one of the first members of the youth club run in the room at the back of Saleum Chapel, what a ...Read more

A memory of Llanharan in 1945 by Connie Piggott

I lived and served in the Home Guard in Tongham during the Second World War. Dad played the piano in the White Hart at that time. Canadian soldiers were in abundance (2 of my sisters were war brides). The landlord of the ...Read more

A memory of Tongham in 1940 by Leonard Chenery

Referring to the shot of Church Street, I would say that the date of the photo is more 1949 rather than 'c.1950'. On the hoarding next to the shop two films are advertised. "Whispering Smith" and "The Accused" both ...Read more

A memory of Frodsham in 1949 by David Hastings