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Can anyone remember a plaque over the fire place commemorating the boys from Eccles Parish School who died in the 1914-18 war? I have a personal interest in this because one of the boys was my uncle. I have been ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1946 by Robert Marchment

A precised extract from the chapters in my biography relating to wartime evacuation, and particularly to Garnant. I stared morosely out of the window and watched the landscape slip by as the steam train chugged its way through ...Read more

A memory of Garnant in 1940 by James Tait

My great grandfather John Cheney, died in 1943. The Cheney family lived in Puncknowle for centuries and were blacksmiths. They originally came from Litton Cheney, a village nearby, in the sixteenth century, Sir ...Read more

A memory of Puncknowle in 1943 by Michael Thomas

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

I was born on the 06/08/1947, a home birth in the same bed as my great grandfather died in. His name was John Thomas Hare. My mother was Betty Hare and my father was Arther Buttle. My mother's father was David Hare who ...Read more

A memory of Ormesby in 1947 by David Buttle

My grandparents ran The Red Lion, in Stalbridge for Hall and Woodhouse, which is now flats. My father, who was American and was based nr Stalbridge, would drink in the Red Lion with the actor Jackie Cogan or Uncle Fester from ...Read more

A memory of Stalbridge in 1945 by Susan Sheppard

My birth certificate states I was born 1940 in Byfleet in an Emergency Hospital. Does anyone know where that would have been. Have no idea why I was there except my mother (a Canadian) was returning home to Canada ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1940 by Mrs Harris

Born in Colombo Road in 1937. Remember the doodle bugs, air aid shelters, Christchurch School, Dane Secondary (even know the school song word for word). Days of fun in Valentines Park and the swimming pool. Ilford Town Hall ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1942 by Geoff Boxer

He then ran a wet fish trade from a horse and cart, but also ran a fish and chip shop. Last time I was in Houghton the fish shop was still there. In Newbottle Street, just up from the school and on the same side. Gran was very ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

Trawlers go out for quite a while. The first catch goes into the bottom of the hold, and ice put on top. Later catches go on top, iced again and on until the hold is full. Depending on the size of the catch, this can take a ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey