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A South Londoner, I was 12+ when WWII started in September 1939. I was evacuated with Wandsworth Central School to Farncombe, and remember sitting on the floor in a large hall waiting for someone to 'adopt' me. Eventually, I ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1940 by Ronald Waller

I was living with my grandparents at that time, Amy & Sid Berry, their son Stanley (uncle to me) was the local hairdresser and he went around on a pushbike, later a moterbike & side car, to cut local men's hair. ...Read more

A memory of Alcombe in 1946 by Shirley Jones

My grandparents William and Lilian together with their 5 children lived at The Lodge, Chiselhampton. William was head gardener employed by Sir Charles Peers ...Read more

A memory of Chiselhampton in 1940 by Barbara Gibson

I lived in Westgate Crescent from 1936 to 1946. I suffered a severe head injury when hit by a speeding car on the Bath Road just past Eddy's cafe a few days before Christmas in 1940. I was 5 years old. We had heard that a ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1940 by Nial Reynolds

I can remember playing tiggy on the barracks, a hide and seek game, people then gossiped at the gates, hard time's, going errands for me gran Tomney, going for a gas bob to Clackis shop at the top of the barracks, shop is still ...Read more

A memory of Roche Abbey in 1940 by Joan Pettinger

I am interested in contacting the lady, Margarite Cooke, who said that she used to live at Quarry Mount childrens home. The house address when I was there, between 1947 and 1957, was Quarry Mount, Greetby ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk in 1947 by Margaret Robinson

July 19th 2012 Vancouver Canada Oh ! My god what a shock I was evacuated to Horningsham in 1941 to live with my mother's aunt Jessie and her husband Billy. He had been gassed in WW1 and worked on the Longleat Estate as a ...Read more

A memory of Horningsham in 1941 by John May

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

Are there any pupils out there who went to Canada Road Primary School. Walmer, Deal. Kent, U.K. in the War years of 1941 to '45? The Headmaster's name was Mr Morris, and his favourite saying was: 'Open your books to page ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1941 by John Ford

My name is Sam Burrow I was born in Hartland in 1936 - the family moved to Clovelly in 1939 and lived in Home Lodge. My father, J A Burrow, was the estate foreman. My mother, Florrie, was the school cook throughout ...Read more

A memory of Clovelly in 1949 by Sam Burrow