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The house on the left is the one in which I was born. It had a shop underneath and a living/dining area on the ground floor and bedrooms and a bathroom and living room upstairs. The living room ...Read more

A memory of Raunds in 1944 by Marian Jenny

I lived in Seaforth Avenue for many years living opposite the Elim Gospel Hall. I worked at Chessington Zoo for a while after leaving Beverley Central School, then worked at Carters Tested Seeds in the small seeds lab dept before ...Read more

A memory of Raynes Park in 1949 by Donald Mac Gregor

As a youngster I, along with two other brothers, attended the RED school in West Barnes Lane (infants and juniors) and when old enough, I moved over the sports field to the White School (seniors). My brothers moved on ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1944 by Neil Mac Gregor

My mum was born in March 1931 in the Easington Colliery area, 26 Boyd Street, and was the youngest of 5.  All the men in the family were miners - they lived close to Easington and Horden for work. The two elder sisters, ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1940

I was in REME stationed in Peel Green and on Wednesday afternoons we were taken to see different factories etc, and one Wednesday we toured by boat all around the docks at Manchester and the commentator told us ...Read more

A memory of Manchester Ship Canal in 1948 by Trevor Williams

l was born at Westfield Rd. My dad's brother and his wife owned the fish and chip shop on Pitlake Bridge (which is now renamed Jubilee Bridge). There was also a paper shop called Weanholes, it belonged to an old woman, she was about ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1946 by mrssunnyview

My grandfather (William Bryant) built a houseboat and moored it in Percuil Creek where he, my grandmother and my mother would spend their summers in the 40s. My grandfather and his wife Dorothy were both born in Falmouth ...Read more

A memory of Percuil in 1946 by Elizabeth Seward (Bryant)

Saturday mornings we would trip off to Worksop on Booth @ Fisher bus from Kiveton Park with a suitcase. Call at Davis shop on Bridge St just through the lights at Newcastle Ave. Pack eight loaves of bread in the case trip off to Ryton ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1940 by Dorothy Sankey

I was born in at 72 Bowes Rd on 7th Jan 1940, after being bombed out we moved to 72 Bowes Rd and then to 62l Ulleswater Rd and then to 14 Eaton Park Road. My earliest memories start from when I was on the pot - not the smoking kind, ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1943 by Richard Watson

A few months ago I started to try and contact "boys" who experienced Rope Hill School in Boldre during the forties and early fifties - but then sickness overtook my efforts and things ...Read more

A memory of Boldre in 1948 by Robert De Winter