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It was in the 50's and I was only a little girl.  My grandparents lived across the road in Vine Place.  We had a yard and the fair used to put up there each winter.  We were always in the hospital, so clean, so nice you never got turned ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1950 by Jayne Foster

I remember the village in the 1940s to 1970s. I went to school at the centre of the village till 1951 then went to Sturminster S.M school.  On the walk home from school we used to go into the forge run by Alfred ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford by David Moon

This photo shows Cox's boatyard in late autumn not long after the boat shed on the left had been built. The shed had been part of a wartime camp some where in East Anglia and had been re-erected by the Cox brothers, Lewis and Sonny, complete with American pinups.

A memory of Broads, The by John Hopthrow

I was born to Jewish parents whom had a ladies clothes shop in Kensington Gardens (The Lanes) my Father died in 1941, My Mother now a very young widow decided she wanted us all to live above the shop because of bombs ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1930 by Anita Lewis

I have lived in Knowle for most of my life,I went to Knowle School before Arden School was built. The Rev. Sharpe was the vicar and took us for history lessons about the church. I also learnt to play the piano with Miss Muriel ...Read more

A memory of Knowle by Pam Watson

The place name comes from a narrow bridge over a stream that forms the boundary between Rochdale and Wardle on Halifax Road, by The Red Lion pub as it was then. Folk who lived in Smallbridge were once called "Sandknockers" ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge in 1940 by Peter Butterworth

My grandma used to live in the Cottage above the head of the Boy leaning on the wall. We use to love visiting and playing in the Yard. Great memories.

A memory of Kendal in 1975 by Nik Esty

The building nearest the camera on the right is (was) Graham and Fishers - founded by my great-grandfather Tom. His sons Alg (my grandfather) and Spencer worked in the business all their lives, and my father Douglas worked there until ...Read more

A memory of Chatteris in 1954 by Ian Graham

I was born in Market Street in 1939. Later, because of the war, my mum left me in Millom for my grandad and grandma Kirby to look after me. Mum went back to be with my dad in heavily bombed Manchester. I spent the war years here and they ...Read more

A memory of Millom in 1940 by Ian Jordison

My dad had a yard here before the houses were built back in the 40s. He bought his first cows and used to milk them in a barn there. I can remember as a small child being in the barn with mum and dad when an aeroplane crashed ...Read more

A memory of Lower Heyford in 1940 by Marion June Messenger