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I remember every fine Sunday afternoon dad and I would set off from White Cross Avenue, Tideswell to Little Hucklow to visit my auntie and uncle, Alwyn and Alice. We used to walk there and back, I would have been 4 ...Read more

A memory of Little Hucklow in 1940 by Elsie Hollis

Does anybody remember going to Sunday School at the Old Vicarage, Bekesbourne? I remember attending with my sister; Rev Lamplugh was the vicar at St.Peter's Church and Mrs Lamplugh took the Sunday school classes. We, ...Read more

A memory of Bekesbourne in 1945 by Cecilia Carr

We lived in Sternhold Avenue, No 87 I think, and I went to Sunnyhill Road School until we moved to Crystal Palace some two years later. I remember the bombed out old Streatham Theatre and a milk bar call the Blue Riband ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1949 by Alan Baker

I lived in Brook Bungalow between Latchingdon and Althorne during the war years and visited grandparents there into the 50's. I remember Barbie and Alec, the Mathams and the Plumbs (who ran the local garage) with such affection and ...Read more

A memory of Latchingdon in 1940 by Mollie Baldwin

Does anyone know anything about - or even remember - Mary Collingwood? She lived at "Beck Side" and was the Postmistress for a number of years. She lived with her mother Eliza until her death in 1917. Mary herself died in 1949 aged ...Read more

A memory of Ainstable in 1940 by Niall Mc Mahon

Lived in Netherton Colliery from 1937 - 1952. Attended Morpeth High School for Girls 1940 - 1947. I remember some names, if anyone remembers me I can be contacted on e mail at - jaynell130@yahoo.co.uk. Look forward to hearing!!

A memory of Bedlington in 1940 by Lilian Lightbody

I was born in Hurlingham Road, off The Pantiles during the war. The air raid shelters were still there for many years, and the allotments. School was a walk to Bedonwell Primary, joining others on the way. Weekly ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1947 by Mary Wright

I can add information about the September bombing and suggest that one reason for the low number of casualities was that it was a time bomb that landed on Bell Vue Terrace. Aunt Alice and Daisy lived ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1940 by Richard Pealling

I was in Manor Road Children's Home and at Xmas we stood in a line to pick a second-hand toy from a tressel table which people gave to the home. I was at the back and I picked a doll with a china head that had a hole in, but to me it was wonderful. Oh, so many memories...

A memory of Romford in 1948 by Heather Woolf

My mum lived at No.1 Bonsall Street in Hulme, where I was born in the 1940's. She lived with her parents, Lil and Josh Whelan. Lil had a big extended family with a sister, Sal - also known as Nellie Gardener ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1940