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As a young boy, together with some of my friends we went fishing in the lower lake and one winter, 1938 or 1939, we went ice skating on the lower lake. In those days I lived in Park Avenue. Also, during the Second World War, ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar in 1930 by Cyril Askew

My father was one of those so called 'Mudlark's. I remember him telling the stories of how they used to stage mock fights over the pennies to make people feel sorry for them and throw more money. The thought that they were poor orphans ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth in 1930 by Darryl Thorne

The village played an important part in my early life. My parents moved here in 1927 and bought a small cottage in Back Lane and named it 'Mon Abri'. I went to school here, up to 11, and then I was fortunate enough to ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Giles in 1930 by William Taylor

Mum and Dad took me from Elm Park to Romford where I became lost in the Romford market! I remember being sat upon a stall by a policeman where I was found by my parents! I barely remember all of it!!! We lived on Warren Drive in Elm Park! Marlene (nee) Bennett. I live on Vancouver Island now

A memory of Romford in 1930 by First Name Last Name

The Great Life in Waltham Cross Life in Waltham Cross started for me in 1936, I was six years old and my father had just completed 25 years of service with the Royal Navy, we actually stayed with my father’s ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Cross in 1930 by Ronald Bennett

I was born in 1936 so I am probably one of the oldest people with fond memories of Barking. I first went to Gascoigne School and can remember having to practise wearing a gas mask during the war- horrible smelly rubbery ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1930 by Pamela Purnell

My name is Christine Jackson (nee Poole). I lived in Middlesbrough, until the age of thirteen, when in 1972, my family migrated to Perth, Western Australia. We lived in Pallister Park until 1968, when we moved into my ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1930 by Christine Jackson

I spent 9 years from the age of 6 to 14 years old, (1936 to 1944) living in the Princess Alice Home & Orphanage in Sutton Coldfield. I do not recognise any of the pictures on this website. So I am presuming there have ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1930 by Pam Davies

I don't know a lot about Blyth, Northumberland, only that for some strange reason I visited an awful lot during my life but thought nothing of it. My current fiancee and I would sit for long periods on the old docks at the ...Read more

A memory of Blyth in 1930 by Alan Bull

One of my first memories was hiding underneath the sideboard in the dining room with silver ornaments on our heads; my sisters Judy, baby Michele and myself, Deirdre, ...Read more

A memory of Holywood in 1930 by Deirdre Sarnitz