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I was born on the 28th March 1947, into an existing family of 5 siblings in a one-up one-down decaying terraced house of 12 Russell Street, Teams, Gateshead, just off Upton Street, near to the coke works, the gas works, the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1947 by Alan Bull

My mother Joan Marion Jones nee Gibson from Nantyrychain Terrace worked in the Home and Colonial Stores (on the right hand side of this photo) during the war and has many memories and stories, especially about rationing. She also ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer in 1940 by Eric Jones

Way back in my childhood, brothers two and then plus me, Mom and Dad said let us pack our bags, and go down to the sea, Down to the railway station, our entourage did go, Comic books within our hands, cause, four hours, they went so ...Read more

A memory of Barmouth in 1940 by Mary Miles Geary

Just after the war during our summer holidays I was sent from Rochester (where we lived at that time, Dad having been demobbed and then working at Short Bros on the airport), together with my trusty Hercules cycle to spend ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1940 by Mike Mumford

My husband and I moved to Smallfield nearly two years ago. The noise on Redehall Road is quite a change from the peace and quiet of Cumbria! I am presently writing a book about Veteran's Memoirs' of the Italy Campaign (the ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1940 by Ann Hamlet

My brother and I were evacuated to Mansfield Woodhouse in 1940 from Southend. We came with our school, London Road Primary School, and some of our teachers including the wonderful Miss Whisker. We lived with various families - ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield Woodhouse in 1940

I have so many memories of Dagenham that I could write a book. I have already written one on this site entitled 'Shopping at the Heathway'. My earliest memory of Dagenham however was when I was about five years old. We lived ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1940 by William Pullum

Many memories of playing at Priest Cove swimming pool and bent pin fishing as a 6 year old evacuee. I must have explored every nook and cranny around the headland

A memory of St Just in 1940 by Alec Smith

As a child living in Chidd during the war we had freedom to roam anywhere we wished, ie Sidenhurst lakes (where I caught my first carp), the brooks where we fished for tiddlers which we cooked over a camp fire, climbed ...Read more

A memory of Chiddingfold in 1940 by William Mac Donald

In 1942 I was 9 years old and lived in Long Eaton during the war having previously lived in the West Riding.  We had no radio and in those days no television and I was either at the outdoor swimming pool or in the library with my nose ...Read more

A memory of Long Eaton in 1941 by Mary Foster