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I lived at the pub called the Ewe & Lamb (which I believe is a newspaper office now?) in 1944 with my Mum & Dad. The proprietor of the public house was my Great Uncle Arthur, who is now listed in the Kelly"s ...Read more

A memory of Woburn in 1944 by Marlene Whitworth

I was delighted to realise that I attended the same school, Middle Park Primary, as Boy George, though considerably earlier - 1940-41 approx. This brings me to my question; does anyone remember the ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1940 by Dot Barden

Left Potter St School at 14 years of age. Two years later, without any particular aptitude or skills, I found my way to Marabelle Fabrics. Styled as a wharehouseman, I cycled from Field-End road everyday except Sundays. ...Read more

A memory of Northwood in 1948 by Peter Giles

My maiden name was Joan Rose and I lived at 18 Osborne Road in 1940s until 1955 when I moved to Doyle Gardens. I went to Gladstone Park School. My two best friends were Mary and Anne Hall who lived in Chapter Road. We went ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1940 by Joan Dennis

My father was killed in 1941, and my mother re-married in 1945 a gentleman who owned a nursing home in Cheltenham. It was in Victoria Walk along from the Town Hall and had huge cellars that stretched to under the Town ...Read more

A memory of Cheltenham in 1947 by First Name Last Name

I will always remember regular family trips to Abbey Park, fishing in the Soar, hiring the metal pedal boats and many other memories. I always remember that the one day of the week that we used to go to the park was nearly always on ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1949 by Roy Lowe

I was born in Thorpe Coombe Hospital in 1941 and grew up in Erskine Road Walthamstow which led on to Walthamstow Market. My brother Barry and I would be given a threepenny bit piece by our granddad who lived with our ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1940 by Maureen Shanks

I was born here in Feb 1947, in the corner bungalow (shown here in the photo as a house) and lived with my parents and my older brother until the summer of 1964 when I left school and moved ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1947 by Peter Beckham

My father studied at De Havilland Technical School before the war and was employed from 1938 to 1946 and 1953 to 1955 as an Inpector at De Hav's. We lived in Rodney Court, one of 'the flats' across the road from the De ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield in 1940 by Ray Khuller

In 1944, I was evacuated to Badshot Lea, with my mum. My dad, as a plumber & vital to the war effort, was in Liverpool & not in Europe or elsewhere in the Theatre of war. I can remember as a 4 year old, standing, I ...Read more

A memory of Badshot Lea in 1944 by Ron Bowdery