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From 1946 until 1949 I was a boarder at Court Hall. At the time I was there Lady Poultimor lived in a cottage in the grounds and kept parrots. There were stables at the rear of the house and a full pack of hounds was ...Read more

A memory of North Molton in 1946 by Brenda Mitchell

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND: My mother Milly and father Bert moved to Winchmore Hill from Camden/Kentish Town. I was born in 1944 at The North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton. I grew up ...Read more

A memory of Winchmore Hill in 1944 by Richard Starling

I lived in Battersea from about 1939 to 1949 when we moved to Hornsey in North London. We lived with my grandparents who owned the Southern Dining Rooms, a transport café opposite the marshalling yards, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1947 by Patricia Hines

I was evacuated from North London to Stogursey in about 1942. Although I have no personal recollection of this time, being just 1 year old or thereabouts, my mother told me that in the first location, which she referred to as 'crackers ...Read more

A memory of Stogursey in 1942 by Guy Hayward

The picture shown is North Street, where my grandmother & grandfather lived. I always knew the village to be up the hill where some of the shops were. At the end of the houses on the right was the ...Read more

A memory of Kingsdown in 1940 by Maurice Lipson

My grandparents Fred and Rosa Clarke lived in Lessingham Avenue. My mother Peggy also lived there is until her marriage to Sydney George Compton. I am their daughter Jeanette and I have a brother Terry. My parents are now ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1945 by Jeanette Smith

Hi my name is Pat Britton but I was Tricia North and lived at 24 Wern Crescent and lived with my mum and dad and my brother Gareth. Went toLllanciach infants and juniors then to Ystrad Mynach secondary then to tech ...Read more

A memory of Nelson in 1948 by Pat Britton

My grandfather, John William Corbitt (Will Corbitt) originated from North Seaton Colliery, he subsequently moved to Cambois to work in the colliery. He married Margaret (Meggie) and had a son George and a daughter ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton in 1944 by Joan Jones

I haven't actually ever been to Bearpark but I did visit my godmother's family who lived I think, in Waterhouses which I believe, is not too far from Bearpark. I remember visiting Durham Cathedral and going down a mine where I ...Read more

A memory of Bearpark in 1948 by Anne Archer (Nee Bearpark

The best teacher i ever had. Miss sarah cleasby.infant teacher was Peggy baynes

A memory of North Cowton in 1948