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Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1942 by Arthur Bird

We lived in a bungalow along the main road in Annalong. I can't remember the address. There was a field to the right as you face the bungalow. My parents had a little dog which we called Gilly. She was a frisky little ...Read more

A memory of Annalong in 1943 by Heather Graham

I was born in Abergwynfi in 1942, but the family moved up to the midlands when I was a few weeks old. We returned home every year for our annual hols and sometimes at Xmas. The memories I hold are quite idyllic and I have never lost ...Read more

A memory of Abergwynfi in 1942 by R John Lewis

Market Street/Square holds lots of memories. Those underground toilets, buses maneovering round to take us home to the Marsh, which when young seemed miles away. My father was born in Anchor Lane, and there used to be ...Read more

A memory of Lancaster in 1948 by Maureen Frude

My wife has a poetry book. Inside was found a love letter dated New Years Day 1943. It was addressed to a person at 'White Gates', Copthorne Bank, Sussex. It is a wonderful message from a gentleman to a lady. To hold a letter, ...Read more

A memory of Beechfield in 1943 by David Bulbrook

I was born in East Dean but my grandparents lived in West Dean along with my aunts, uncles and cousins. I still have cousins in West Dean. My father was a Clifford and worked for East Brothers. I remember as a child playing ...Read more

A memory of West Dean in 1940 by Valerie Bailey

Hi Mate. You wrote under Greengate and Irwell banner. During the late 1940s, I worked at The Salford Electrial Instrument works in Silk Street. Many a day I walked to Victoria Rail Station via Greengate on my way home ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Donald Isherwood

My parents moved from Bournemouth to Barton-on-Sea around 1947, and purchased a business at 18 Whitefield Road, New Milton, and a home at 24 Barton Court Avenue which was our childhood home for ten years ...Read more

A memory of Barton on Sea in 1947 by Edward Williams

1948 - onwards. My Mother and her two cousins were brought up by their Aunt and Uncle as above and I spent all my childhood holidays with them. Great Aunt Liz was well known for her teas for visitors and ramblers from CHA Porlock. ...Read more

A memory of Culbone in 1948 by Rose Marie Davies

I was a patient at the RLCH Heswall in the 1940s . Although my family came from Liverpool I was sent to the hospital with what we knew as a diseaesed hip bone which I later heard referred to as Perthe's Disease. I guess ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1940 by Fred Gott