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Hello. My grandparents and family lived at No 5 Whitehall Street opposite from West Park. The houses were originally `well to do` and had been transformed into upper and lower flats. The fronts had bay windows. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1945 by Muriel Redd

I remember staying with my grandmother Annie Rowlands during World War 2 in the village of Stoke Works on Harbors Hill Farm. There was a neighbouring farm there and I remember a John Ford. My grandmother took me on ...Read more

A memory of Bromsgrove in 1947 by June Manson

My name is Edward Hughes and at the tender age of 3/4 I was evacuated from my home town of Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire to Talsarnau during the second world war; staying around 2 years or so in an allocated home ...Read more

A memory of Talsarnau in 1940 by Edward Hughes

George Dyson Fudge was in the RAF volunteer force and is recorded as having died in Little Stoke in 1941. Was he shot down? Did he crash his plane before he could land at one of the RAF bases nearby? Does anyone have any memories of such an incident or are there any records?

A memory of Littlestoke Manor in 1941 by Barbara Dyson

I was born in 1938 at Higham Square - to the left down Well St (demolished in the 40's) then moved to Astley Street where we played on the sand hills and Gin Pit yard pushing railway wheels. I went to the Upper George St School and ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley in 1940 by Terry Williams

After our family home in Trafalgar Avenue, Peckham was damaged by the 'blitz' for the 3rd time, my mother decided enough is enough. She got in touch with her sister who lived in the country (South Norwood) to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1942 by Royhenry Knight

Dear Joan, Thank you for your contact. It was a wonderful surprise. I am sure a shared memory amplifies the nostalgia. I logged in to FF and got very teary (I am a big strong boy 73) and memories flooded back. I too ...Read more

A memory of Upton in 1946 by Alan Jones

at the time I lived in South hetton about 12 miles from town and on leaving school at age 14 started work in Turveys garage at the bottom end of holmeside,just around the corner from the south end of the station. I remember going ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1944 by Tom Liddle

I was evacuated when I was 9 with my sister to East Buckland in May 1940, and we stayed with Mr and Mrs Coles at Lower Pit Farm. They looked after us very well and we became part of the village scene. I would ...Read more

A memory of East Buckland in 1940 by John Grant

A lot has been posted about Wandle Park but what about Duppas Hill? I well remember the gun emplacement at the top of Duppas Hill and I remember the noise they made when they were firing, I lived not a stones throw away in ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1940 by John Knapp