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I lived with my parents in two rooms in a house on Church Street near Partridge Square.  I had a small mongrel dog called Spot who used to go down to the bus shelter and wait for the bus to Porth, get on it and ride to Porth and ...Read more

A memory of Llwynypia in 1943

I was stationed at Compton Bassett from 6/10/48 until 25/1/49. I was training as a T.P.O. / Tape Relay Operator. My memories of the camp are not all that good, the most vivid memory was being paraded with the rest of the ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1948 by Dennis Fickling

I was born in May 1945, in Green Street Green - Highfield Avenue, and moved to Woodside, Chelsfield in 1949. I lived there until I married in 1966, so I have clear memories of Crown Road. Two roads led off Warren Road up to Crown Road, ...Read more

A memory of Chelsfield in 1945 by Sandra Viner

It was that cold, cold winter of 43/44 during the war that I remember so well. Please forgive me for I was not a Fair Oak boy but my memory is from there. I lived in Bishopstoke as a lad before, during and ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1943 by Frederick Cannock

I lived in Trallong at this time. I was 7 years old. I lived in a cottage next to the school and the church on top of the steep curving hill which led down to the vicarage. The vicar was Mr Lewis and his daughter Carol and I ...Read more

A memory of Trallong in 1947 by Bernard Morris

I remember lots of lovely summer days during the school holidays which were spent at the open air swimming baths. We would travel down on the bus from Caerau, taking a cut lunch, and spend so many happy hours there. We had ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1949 by Brenda Smith

I have put 1947 but infact it is from earlier than that to 1954. I think this was a great place for us as kids as we had freedom and not much parental control, I think mainly due to our parents who had just survived the war ...Read more

A memory of Bearsted in 1944 by Ian Simmons

I was born at Danbury Palace in Danbury and lived at Marks Farm bungalow in Rettendon. I remember getting frightened of the storms on the way home from Rettendon School. I remember walking home from school up Chalk Street. My ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon in 1942 by Margaret Dennis

My parents used to take my brother and me to Roker Park so that we could play there. Our favourite game was rushing up and down the path running through the ravine, which can be seen on this picture.

A memory of Sunderland in 1940 by Diana Dioszeghy

goint to the Savoy Cinema to see and hear the Compton Organ, the cinema has now been bought by thr Jesus people & restored to its 1930,s decoration. the name of Alan Ashton rings a bell, was he conected to the Savoy/ABC cinema ...Read more

A memory of Northampton in 1940 by Brian Coward