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Lived in East Street, Braintree and went to Chaple Hill School. I remember some of the teachers; . Miss Cliff, Mrs Clark, Miss Jackson, Miss Bacon, John Mews, Bing Clayton, David Coe, Peter Hoy, Ray Allum, Doug Kemp, Willie ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1945 by Kenneth Grime

My girlfriend, Edna Thorley, and I were in the queue at the Odeon cinema in Crewe, she was on leave from the ATS. As we waited the subject of marriage came up; no I didn't go down on one knee. I think I said something like, ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1945 by Ken Wood

My mothers parents Mr & Mrs Albert Harvey lived in Six Bells during my childhood years.I spent a part of my summer school holidays with them. As he was a Deacon of the Baptist Chapel we would go to Chapel 3 times on a ...Read more

A memory of Six Bells in 1945 by Michael Lancefield

I'm trying to find anyone who remembers the engineering firm in Ewer Street in the Southwark district or if anyone that was there during WWII, this firm made guns during the war. My dad, Fred was there and his ...Read more

A memory of London in 1940 by Beryl Clark

I was born in Renton, we stayed in Back Street before moving to Tullichewan in the late forties. I have happy memories of my childhood in Back Street. Ann Webb was looking for information about our family; there were 7 brothers and 2 ...Read more

A memory of Renton in 1940 by Margaret Fleming

I was born at 9 Markham Ave in 1941 at my grandparents home We moved to 98 Poplar Rd when I was a baby our house was on the corner of Edward Rd there was only 15 houses then the road was blocked with corrugated ...Read more

A memory of Skellow in 1941 by Irene Plant

My father James Tregellis, , was evacuated to Malmesbury during the second world war , he had three billets in the town,and has many stories of the time he was in Malmesbury which I have turned into a short film script,and ...Read more

A memory of Malmesbury in 1942 by Lee Tregellis

Does anyone remember having their coal delivered by Frank (Hamilton) and Alf. Nellie Hamilton, used to answer the telephone. Nellie was my Great Aunt and Godmother. The coal business, Rainfords of Endbutt Lane and had ...Read more

A memory of Crosby in 1940 by Ann Hamlet

I participated in Rose Queen Day in June from 1945 until June 1954. As a pupil at the little village school my first experience was learning the dances which, after much practising in the playground, became wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Eccleston in 1945 by Sylvia Knott

i remember being sent to the gas works for what they called gas shiners. they were 2 shillings a bag no matter what size the bag was . my granny used to sew two bags together so as to get more and i had to push them home in ...Read more

A memory of Kilkerran in 1949 by Andrew Plain