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I remember as a soldier, El-Tel-Er-Kibeir, the camp I was in. The Sunday trips to Ismalayha, the Nile used for to swim in - but get out if a ship was passing through. The Bitter Lakes area, the Suez Canal was something to see. It ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1940

When I used to come down to Shelsley I used to stay with my Nan at New Mill Bridge until she sold the shop and moved to Birmingham where she stayed with her eldest daughter May Bennet and her family. Later, she came to stay with ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Walsh in 1947 by Antony Cook

Hi, my name is Jessie Peake (Nee Kent), I used to go to the Willows school between 1944 and 1952. The Willows was my favourite school, I can remember having to sleep on camp beds every afternoon .. boy, did that room smell from those that ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1950 by Jessie Peake

My three children and myself were in Rhoose Camp in 63/64. I hated it, and the camp manager who was an ex-policeman, was a bully. Mothers had to put the children in bed and lock them in, and then go back up to the dining room. He would make smutty remarks. I got out in 6 months .

A memory of Rhoose in 1964

I have many happy memories of High Wycombe as it was where I met my wife in 1990. We were married in 1992 and lived at the RAF Camp at Naphill. We also spent some time living in Booker Lane and our neighbours were a lovely ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1992 by Andy Scott

My name was Mandy Donaldson and I'm the daughter of Joan Ellis. My grandparents names were Kath and Ernest Ellis. Aunts and Uncles were/are John and Joyce Ellis (they ran the local taxi), Roger Ellis, Bob and Wendy Ellis and Jennifer ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1965 by Mandy Brew

I lived with my parents and sister in Merland Rise between 1950 and 1959. We were just a few doors away from the school that my sister and I attended. I remember privet hedges and green garden gates, there was an air of ...Read more

A memory of Tattenham Corner by John Watkins

Here are just a few of my childhood memories of my youth in North Bitchburn. My name is Ian Pinkney, I lived at No 10 Constantine Road, along with my father Raymond, he was in charge of the ...Read more

A memory of North Bitchburn

My memory of Marske is that of a summer holiday from Oaklands Home (mentioned on a previous page), I think it was on an army camp? on the clifftop. The sea was blinking freezing but the beach was lovely. We would walk along ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1959 by Anthony Kaufman

I have got a lot of photos of my grandad and mamma at Linconshire Derbyshire Miners Holiday Centre, now called camp. My grandad died when I was nine years old, my mamma when I was sixteen. My grandad Fred Armson was ...Read more

A memory of Skegness in 1940