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I was born in 1949 in Abergynfi at 3 Heol y Felin in my grandparents house (Edith and Len Radford). I lived there till I was 4 then moved to Croeserw until 1966, then moved to Nottinghamshire when Duffryn Rhondda pit closed. I have 17 years of good and fond memories when I lived down there.

A memory of Abergwynfi in 1949 by James Bunn

These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

My memories start around 1946 and go on 'forever' - but the years I want to mention here are those of my Cobridge schooldays and the Burslem connection to those schooldays. I lived on ...Read more

A memory of Burslem in 1946 by Edward Penning

I remember the Tay Mill Lodge very well. I lived just opposite at no 1 Stilton Street next door was my friend Alice Newton and family, wonder where they are now. When I lived there the mill was still in use, but not as a cotton ...Read more

A memory of Higginshaw in 1940 by Mavis Hague Nee Lees

Born in Hetton Downs wartime 1940. Father Joe, a forward looking miner at Eppleton, serving in Home Guard and ARP. Mother Isabel (Bell) daughter of Tom and Madge Pearce, local grocers, in the Downs - sons Jim in RAF, George ...Read more

A memory of Hetton-Le-Hole in 1940 by James Merrington

I was baptised in the Parish Church just beyond the trees on the left. My sister-in-law lived in the cottage on the far right - almost next to the Vicarage garden. In the late 40's and 50's I used to walk to Church Street ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1940 by Brian Tungate

`BUCHAN`S OWN BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY` THE TRUE STORY OF THE CRASH-LANDING OF A GERMAN HEINKEL 115 BOMBER PLANE ON AN ABERDEENSHIRE FARM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR ...Read more

A memory of New Aberdour in 1940 by Denis Beedie

I was born in London in 1937 and moved to Days Lane, Pilgrims Hatch in that year,so all my childhood years were spent around the Pilgrims Hatch area. Dad was always sharp of the mark and a couple of steps ahead so ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1940 by Brian Taylor

I was born in Hawthorn Street, Millfield in 1930. Went to Diamond Hall School. I remember the day war was declared, my mother said the Germans would bomb us because of all the industry around us. My father was in the Territorial ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1943 by Jim Stephenson

We lived in a block of flats, Weihurst Court, Carshalton Rd. This was at the top of Ringstead Road, where the trolley buses came up this steep hill. As a child it was fun to watch when the arms of the trolley came off ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1943 by Peter Russell Shurmer