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In the early 1940s my father was a coastguard stationed at Barry Island. I was about 5 years old and I vividly remember that one day I was sat on my 3-wheeled bike at the top of the hill and a German aircraft flew over at a ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island in 1940 by Derek Cousins

My grandparents lived at 41 Shaftesbury Crescent near the baseball ground from 1946 till 1980, next door lived Ethel Paling, she was a wonderful cook, the smell of her baking I can still remember today. Next to Ethel was Mr ...Read more

A memory of Pear Tree in 1946 by Gayle Megill

Actually the 1940s and 50s. My mother was Sarah Davies, daughter of Charles and Emma Davies who lived at 60 High Street for many years. I used to spend my holidays with my grnadparents and aunt who lived across from them, ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1940 by Diana Blind

In 1937 Albert & Gladys Thoburn took possession of Townfoot Cottage, the second house in the village. In 1940 Albert went to India and Thomas was born in March 1940. After the War when Albert returned home he met his son for the ...Read more

A memory of Cumwhitton in 1946 by Jim Thoburn

Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I would love to hear from anyone who has memories of Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I was there from when I was six until I was eight, between 1947 - ...Read more

A memory of Brimpton in 1947

Being brought up in Knotty Ash I lived quite close to Liverpool's famous comedian Ken Dodd. In those days Ken had a large van, and used to come around the area selling pots and pans and many other household ...Read more

A memory of Knotty Ash in 1948 by Gordon Smith

My overriding memory of "The Aldershot Cottage Hospital"was of blind panic and fear, and of a day in 1946 aged six years old I was taken to what must have been the out-patients department to have a very large ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1946 by Raymond Hay

I grew up in the farm in the picture. My parents were Ern and Megan Sheppard. Dad delivered milk for many years, initially from churns carried around in a horse and cart and later the milk was in glass bottles from a ...Read more

A memory of Aberbeeg in 1940 by Annette Lewis (Sheppard

This isn't a memory ......more of an appeal perhaps to any historian in Rudgwick. My mother, Una Griffin aged 15 and her sister Patricia aged 19 arrived at Liverpool from Bombay on the 5th June 1944. The were daughters ...Read more

A memory of Rudgwick in 1944 by Linda Pierce

Born in Pitsea in 1938, I was christened there and visited the church during holidays from boarding school. The picture shown is a view of the back (south side) of the church. My maternal grandfather, father and one of my ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Mike Perry