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Lived in Eltham from 1940, when Dad was in Artillery, and off to France, came back injured from Dunkirk, but alive, just ! Homes were, Rancliffe Gdns, Milburn Gdns, and Meadowside. Lovely road with unrestricted views across what is now ...Read more

A memory of Mottingham in 1940 by Peter Russell

My Granny and Grandad Weller, in their cramped semi, took me, my mum and dad, my brother and sister plus 2 billeted soldiers under their loving wing in 1940 and I can honestly say that was the most happy household you ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1940 by Norman Gardner

My memory bank has been activated by the contributed items about Hugh Bell Central School, though my recollections of Hugh Bell are older than those published on this website. My years at Hugh Bell were 1938 to ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1940 by Harry Killick

Hello, my grandad and his sister Kathleen were both evacuees from Salford during the war and I am trying to gather information on him and his sister - also the people that he stayed with and where he stayed during the ...Read more

A memory of Scorton in 1940

Further to Pat Dickinson's memories....... I remember it vividly,especially the roaring fire and clanging iron -,the way the huge (to me) horses stood so still. We used to stop on our way home from school. There ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1940 by Chris Bragg

i grew up in Chiseldon in the Second World War. In those days, Chiseldon was spelt Chisledon. I lived in Hodson Road and attended the then primary school opposite the Patriots Arms. The two teachers were Mrs. Bullock and Mrs. ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by Tony Eggleton

My father was stationed at Chisledon Camp from 1939 to 1942. Living in Littlehampton on the south coast, threatened with invasion, my mother rented the end thatched cottage of the row of cottages which face the railway line ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by Glenister Bruce

Memories of Hay during the Second World War: Part Two. (Continued from Part One) Thoughts of 'Dad's Army' remind me that the local Home Guard occasionally used Forest Road for some kind of exercise. I've dim ...Read more

A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by John S. Batts

Wartime Memories of Hay: Part Three. (Continued) Apart from Ration Books and the coupon implications for restricted purchase of food and clothing, my own recollections of life in Hay during World War ...Read more

A memory of Hay-on-Wye in 1940 by John S. Batts

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