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I moved to Chislehurst in 1936 in our "brand new" house in Oakdene Ave. Cost about £475. Primary school was Willow Grove, long since gone. Secondary school was the new Edgebury School, very big, even had a playing field. ...Read more

A memory of Chislehurst in 1940 by Doug Killick

I was born at West View, Stanley in August 1939. My father bought 2 cottages and knocked them into a very large house. I had 5 older siblings and my mother's father lived with us. Our family name was House. I loved every ...Read more

A memory of Stanley in 1940 by rene.herriman

We had long warm summers with some rain and all the children could play together without too much bickering, our little group lived in a small area from Wren Street to Ashmore Street. Not all the kids went to St Marks ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1948 by Kenneth Frost

My grandparents lived in Heathfield Road all during and after the Second World War, my granddad was responsible for looking after the boat house and I think a punt for pulling out drowned swimmers, now all gone, he also looked after the ...Read more

A memory of Keston in 1940 by John Busbridge

John Maude, David Jeeves, Tony Sockett, Trevor Plane, Terry Keene, Madeline Ward, Brenda Sayles, Gillian Scott, Barbara Baker, Pat Roome, June Engledow, Ray Smith, John Wood, Frankie Mills, ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1946 by Frank Mowforth

After the Second World War and during the austere period of rationing, among the items that were in short supply was coal. People would burn anything in order to keep warm, and many were the trips that I ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1947 by Frank Mowforth

Hi all. My brother and I were evacuated to Skipton in late 1941 from London. As we all sat on the floor in some large hall in Skipton after out trip up from London, people were walking ...Read more

A memory of Broughton in 1941 by Robert Munn

I was born 1942 in a wool shop at 300 London Rpad, grew up in Stakes Wood, granny tree, blue bell woods etc. Idylllic childhood . I went to Stakes Hill Rpad primary school 1947 to 1953, Mrs Nelson my teacher. Elsie Patterson ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1949 by Nigel Butlin

I remember spending the first twelve years of my life in Haltwick, we lived in Sunnny Side Cottage, my brother and I would go down past the pub to get water from the well and we would play in the woods and fields. We moved to Dane End ...Read more

A memory of Dane End in 1946 by Pete Young

My brothers and I returned to Bourne End at the end of the war. We had been evacuated to Nottingham. We lived in a small house called "The Nest". It was the last house on the road. Lunnon's Farm backed on to all the houses ...Read more

A memory of Bourne End in 1945 by Eileen Savedra