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I was born in Battersea in 1939. We lived at various addesses. There were five of us. I was the youngest and my eldest brother Charles was born in 1930 in Victoria Dwellings. I went to William Blake Secondary Modern ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by Joyce Justice Maiden Name Hawkins

Grew up in Newmarket Street, Knighton. Like most kids at that time we never had new clothes & had little food. I went to Avenue Road School when I was four years old, this was in 1939 just before the war. Craddock Arms Pub was at the ...Read more

A memory of Oadby in 1930 by Alma Friston

Today I went down memory lane with my mam, Vivian who was brought up in Llanddona - we found the remains of the house she lived in near the school. She has so many happy memories there from being a child up to her ...Read more

A memory of Llanddona in 1930 by Linda Warrington

I was born in Grange Road but soon after my parents moved to West End Road, my grandmother lived at number 35. I attended Beaconsfield Road Infants School and my best friend there was Ronnie Cornwall who also lived in West ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1930 by Hugh Putt

I was born in Belaugh and have lovely childhood memories. As I recall, at the time there was only 2 girls, myself and Rosemary Basted - all the other kids were boys. We had lovely times on the farms and in the river which ran down ...Read more

A memory of Belaugh in 1930 by Dorothy Weston

I was born at 24 Freehold Street in September 1939. My mother told me that a man who lived at the top of the street came down on his bike blowing a whistle to warn people of an air raid the same day. I can still remember most ...Read more

A memory of Lower Heyford in 1930 by Marion June Messenger

I remember well the school, the huge playing field and the long walk there and back, sometimes having to wait for the cows to get out of the way. I still have a school photo of the pupils and the teachers. I lived in a ...Read more

A memory of Upper Wield in 1930 by James Brain

I do believe I had to walk down this lane to the bottom where there was a small department store on the right, and the Abbots Fireside on the left to attend the village school located in the local community hall. We ...Read more

A memory of Elham in 1930 by Mary Donnachie

On Friday two days before the Second World War broke out on the 3rd of September 1939 I was evacuated to Yarm. I was six years old and along with my sister Doreen and cousin Audrey we, with nearly all of the pupils at our school, ...Read more

A memory of Yarm in 1930 by Les May

My uncle Stan Bowen lived in No 1 The Crescent, Ebbw Vale, Mon. If I can remember, there were about six steps to go down to the back door. Uncle Stan's sister and brother also lived there. We used to go down on a Sunday from Newtown before the war to visit them. Regards, Idris Bowen

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1930 by Idris Bowen