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The memories of this then hospital has remained with me 64 years. I survived a very serious kidney operation. At the time I dont' think a young child had ever survived. The surgery had been tried before me. The kidney doctor ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1947 by Barbara Ann White Nee Cooper

My memories of Cheeseburn Grange are around this period, the 1940s. I was interested to read your memories and recognized some of the names, but I remember Brain Chapman well as lots of others including Sister Stanislaus. ...Read more

A memory of Cheeseburn Grange in 1943 by Margaret Gannon

My grandfather, W R Edwards moved into Manchester House from Tal y Bont in the Conwy valley with his family, a wife and 4 children around 1910. He ran the grocery business from the shop also dedelivered groceries to ...Read more

A memory of Gerlan in 1948 by Brian Garston

I started work for the first time on 31st December 1946 as a messenger in the Bridge Section of the Chief Civil Engineers Department of the Southern Railway. Our offices were situated on the whole of the ...Read more

A memory of Dorking in 1946 by John Moon

I am the youngest child of Thomas the milk and delivered milk on horse and cart from age 11 for 3 years and then went modern when the horse died. I remember Alastair Macsorley, his mum and the rest of the family, ...Read more

A memory of Cefn in 1947 by Trudy Pewtner

During the Second World War I lived in Beach Road in a flat on the premises of Lewis's factory. My father was the manager there. The factory usually made men's clothing for the Lewis's stores but during the war it made army uniforms. It ...Read more

A memory of Litherland in 1940 by Joan Rothwell

Does anyone remember my mother? Her name was Margaret Joyce Goldman. She sang at the Clay Pigeon pub I believe and met my father, Robert Shillinglaw there. This happened in the early 1940s. She passed away a couple of years ago and ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1942 by Barry Dady

Having parents brought up in Newbiggin, Joyce Hall, daughter of Hilda Hall, postmistress of the collery post office and Dick Smith, son of Acky and Ann Smith, Storey Cresent, Newbiggin I am interested to ...Read more

A memory of Newbiggin in 1947 by Joan Huckle

After my dad passed away in January this year (2012), I realised I knew very little about my family history. I started searching the records for dad's family - a difficult task looking for a Davies who was born ...Read more

A memory of Tonyrefail in 1942 by Tracey Davies

I wrote an article entitled 'TORQUAY AT WAR', which is may thousands of words; too big for insertion on this web site. If you are interested in viewing this tome, please Google 'Torquay at War by Philip Linder' It is very graphic and is a potted history of the years of 1939 to 1945. Enjoy!

A memory of Torquay in 1940 by Philip Linder