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These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

Before John Morgan took over the shop with his wife Bettine (Freebody) the butchers daughter, it was run by two sisters - the Miss Read's from at least 1935. It is reputed to have been a bank at some time much earlier. The ...Read more

A memory of Chigwell Row in 1940

Since my birth coincided exactly with the outbreak of World War II in the September of 1939, my mum must have felt that childbirth was synonymous with calamity;  I was Mum's 'war effort'. Home was a semi-detached two-storey ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1945 by Heather Rohrer

My mother asked me to go to the shops and get some bread at Barton's the bakers. I was just ten years old. 'But' she said, 'if a raid starts, don't hang about but run straight back home'. I often had to go to the shops, it ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1942 by William Pullum

During the 1940s, I lived in Weymouth, but from May 1942, when I was 5, until July 1947, I was a boarder at the school.  I was happy there, and still remember the names of my teachers - Sister Anne, ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by James Mc Guinness

My first school was St Michaels and All Angels in Whalley New Road. We all had to have our gas masks over our shoulders and hang them up on our own little peg. I can remember we all had school dinners, I don't ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1940 by William Buck

I well remember going to Salfords School at the age of 5. Miss Licence was my first teacher, after the roll call every morning we would start most days by singing 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'. Miss Atherton was ...Read more

A memory of Salfords in 1940 by Gordon Dayman

I was born at 44 Main Street, better known as Music Row, in 1943 and moved to Kimberley in 1958. I have many fond memories of living there, huge bonfires on the "donkey piece", making "winter warmers" out of a tin with ...Read more

A memory of Awsworth in 1943 by Denis Morley

I was born and raised in Cudworth and lived in Church Street. There was a large field behind our house and most of the children in the area used to play games there, especially cricket or football. We used to have matches ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1940 by Wendy Dennis(Nee Brown)

We used to live in Gateshead but because father was away in the RAF he thought we should live closer to his brother who lived at 116 High Street East, Wallsend, so we managed somehow to get a house at 16 Third Street, ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1942 by Allen Flynn