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Number 69 almost opposite number 68 Mr.and Mrs.Mason's house. Number 69....Mr.and Mrs.Isaac children if any, not known. Number 71....Mr.and Mrs.Jones. children son Lewis,daughter Kitty ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1946 by Royden Jones

My name is Barbara Annison, nee Wyer. I was born in Binham in 1948, we lived in a house on the green facing the market cross. My dad worked on the farm nearby and as children we used to play in the stables and barns. There was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Binham in 1948 by Barbara Annison

I first went to Naburn Hall in 1947, at that time it was an overflow hostel. I was cycling from London to Inverness at the age of 13. The hostel at York was full, so I was directed to Naburn Hall. When the "Commander" (the owner of ...Read more

A memory of Naburn in 1947 by Ernest Bartlett

My memory of Steventon started in 1947. For those who don't know about Steventon Camp, it was a disused army camp about 1 to 2 miles from Steventon village, on the Hanney road. (I see the storage depot is still ...Read more

A memory of Steventon in 1947 by Graham Davis

My family moved to Bishton in 1945 when my father began working at Bishton Signal Box. Because of the returning soldiers, few houses were available in the Newport area so we settled at Bank Cottage, Bishton. The cottage ...Read more

A memory of Bishton in 1945 by Bob Stinchcombe

I was born on Sunday 6th Frbruaqry 1944 in the residential area of the Central Bar, Moore Street, Aughnacloy, Nurse Shields was the midwife. The family moved to Cross Lane prior to moving to Moygashel in 1949. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Aughnacloy in 1948 by Deirdre Carroll

Uttoxeter did not suffer much during the war. The first stick of bombs fell in a field at Loxley, and a further stick followed later. The only 'blitz' was on the Bailey and Mellor families, in New Road (parish of Stramshall) ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall in 1941 by John Mellor

I was born in Lower Cwmtwrch in the 1930s, but my memory of those days is not all that good, well a bit sparse! I was born in Brynderi Bungalow, they tell now that a new school has been built there on the old colliery ...Read more

A memory of Lower Sketty in 1940 by Julian Best