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I lived with my parents at 28 The Green, Mossband from around 1942 (when I was one year old) until 1949, when my Father, Edward Lovie (a WD constable) died from throat cancer. My memories are all fairly traumatic and ...Read more

A memory of Mossband Ho in 1940 by Iain Lovie

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

For those who never saw (or may have forgotten), the photo shows the view you had after coming in through the main entrance. The large fountain can be seen in the foreground, and was enjoyed by many children as they ran around ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1947 by David Copnall

I first saw Hinton Blewett on a late September day when arriving at my prep school, Colchester House. This was housed in Hinton Blewett Manor, which was its wartime home. Its true home was in Clifton, Bristol but ...Read more

A memory of Hinton Blewett in 1945 by John Nurcombe

My first teacher was Mrs Dishman [infants]. Miss Cawley [juniors]. Mr Brown ? the Headmaster. I recall a Richard Cox whose mother was a sort of janitor cum secretery, also Joyce Dean who lived near ...Read more

A memory of Great Budworth in 1942 by Brenda Burton

My dad always ensured that we had a "fortnight's"  family holiday each year. A fortnight was 2 weeks - ie fourteen nights. These holidays started in 1949, when I was seven  and continued to up to 1958 when I was 16. In 1949 and ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1949 by Roy Beiley

Born 1937 Kiveton family. Remeber getting on the bikes with my friends, riding over what we called the little hills down the pit lane to the tunnel top. Carrying an old clothes horse and a blanket, that was our tent. ...Read more

A memory of Kiveton Park in 1940 by Dorothy Sankey

Hi, my name is Brian Nicoll. My mother, father and I lived in 10 Frankland Rd from 25/9/35 when I was born until 1956 when I got married. As a small boy I used to have a friend called Roger Gosney who lived over the ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by Brian Nicoll

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

My memories of the Savoy are of learning to ride a 2 wheeler bike in front on the wide pavement and of everybody dancing there when the war was over. Then of going to the cinema on Saturday mornings when Mr Scroggins used to keep all the children in order. They are happy memories.

A memory of Romiley in 1940 by Margaret Hibbert