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After we were bombed out in London my parents bought a house in Romford, Essex. My father was working for the Ford Motor Company that had converted its assembly lines to manufacture Bren gun carriers and other war time vehicles. ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1940 by Ray Tricker

I grew up in Stowmarket (Combs Ford end!). I remember Milton Road, etc, before the Relief Road cut the town in half! Saturdays used to see the town centre heaving with people - cars came through the main street ...Read more

A memory of Stowmarket by Karen Dack

My Dad was a sergeant in the RAF; along with Mum (Jean), brother Robert, and sister Carol we lived in married quarters in Medmenham. I remember Roddy Banks and Chris Waillin and the big ...Read more

A memory of Medmenham in 1959 by Chris Carr

I was born in 1931, Middlesbrough. My parents were Thomas and Lily Hunt. My sister Sylvia, was born in 1937. From an early age, before and after Sylvia was born, mum would take us ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning in 1930 by Eric Hunt

My parents, brother and I moved to Loughton in 1959. Our next door neighbours (Mr & Mrs Angel) were already retired and called Loughton 'The Village'. My mum got a job working in the sweetshop next door ...Read more

A memory of Loughton by Julia Spicer

I went to school in the village at the top of the brae, it's been knocked down and houses built. The harbour used to be full of local fishing boats, now its full of leisure boats. There used to be a station there but thats gone. ...Read more

A memory of Findochty in 1952

I was 9 in 1965 and lived in Milton Road on the Poets Corner Estate in Welling. We used to play out in the street all the time or over the field in Keats Road which had a large bomb crater and this would be a meeting point for us kids. ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1965 by Patricia Jeffrey

I went to Lymm Grammar when it moved from the top of Orchard Ave. to Oughtrington. Part of this was a fabulous old family home and the other part which they added on, was new. I remember the entrance and the huge columns by ...Read more

A memory of Oughtrington in 1964 by Doreen Harrison

I was not born in Thurnscoe, but lived there in Chaple Street. I do not rember the number but it was at the top end, maybe the third house down. I do recall that when we moved into the house that it was very clean but had a strange ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1976 by Roland Mitchell

I was born in Northern Ireland and lived in Belfast. One night the German Lufwaffa bombed Belfast - there were 1000 or more were killed that night. I and my brothers and sisters were evacuated to my home town in Lurgan in Co Armagh. I ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1942 by Andrew Toland