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Does anybody have any memories of my lost grandfather? He was a Welsh man called Emlyn Morgan, and lived in Southall during WWII. He was from a farming family and was born near Neath. He worked as a baker in Southall or nearby, so ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1940 by Jake Morgan

I was born 5 Monica Street in 1943, my earliest memory is of a huge hound leaning over me - for some reason I wasn't frightened. In my twenties looking through some photos with my mum I found my hound, a very small terrier which ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1943 by Janice Rose Nee Mordecai

39 Cwm Road in 1946 The family home, at 39 Cwm Road, was on the ‘cellar side’, which was deemed to be an advantage, since the houses were three-storeyed and sported an extra kitchen, scullery and pantry, ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1946 by Raye Green

One of Bradford’s famous literary sons was the author and playwright J B Priestley, who was born in Mannheim Road, Bradford, on 13 September 1894. J B Priestley provided Britain with a rather strange ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1940 by Julia Skinner

During the Second World War there was an Italian prisoner of war camp at Penleigh, on the outskirts of Wells in Somerset. The Italian POWS were put out to work on local farms, and one of them was ...Read more

A memory of Wells in 1940 by Julia Skinner

I was born in Nottingham in 1939 and we lived on Parkdale Road, Bakersfields. Have many happy memories of Parkdale Junior School - Parkdale Cow Sheds! Mrs Stubbins taught the 5-year olds, then Miss Walmsley, Miss ...Read more

A memory of Nottingham in 1949 by Kathleen East

I was evacuated to Cadwith along with my three brothers. Two stayed in the farm near the Devil's Frying Pan and the other two with Mr and Mrs Broad in a house near the top of the village. We went to school in Ruan Minor which ...Read more

A memory of Ruan Minor in 1940 by Roderick Pike

Born Dec. 1924 Dollis Hill Ave, son of E.H.Carter who lived at Crown Terrace. In 1912 he opened his half-shop as a newsagent and tobacconist, joined-up in 1915 and left the running to his sister Florence who ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1949 by John Carter

Following the death of my mother recently, I have been clearing her home and found a kitbag of my father, Douglas Bellchambers, from his wartime Royal Navy days, full of a range of keepsakes. One of these was an ...Read more

A memory of Rustington in 1940 by Jacqueline Nesbitt

View of Springs Canal. Gravel Chutes from Old Bailey railway can be seen at the end of the canal.

A memory of Skipton in 1945 by Malcolm Mounteer