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I was four years old when our family moved from Liverpool to squat in one of the army huts. I remember it very well, and the German prisoners of war who made such a fuss of us children. We had ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1946 by Irene Lewsey

I too, was in Copley House with my sister Sheila. Our surname was Youngs (the sister in charge of the house was Sister Ada Fitzjohn). I was at first, in the nursery school on Chester Road until ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1941 by Christine Paterson

Built on land bordering Queen's Park, it was simply a wonderful and exotic place. As a 5 year old first timer until it closed for good (when I was 11 years old) I visited the place so many ...Read more

A memory of Bolton in 1949 by Mike Wilson

I boarded at St. Catherine's from 1942 until 1948, which I believe was connected to Middlesex County Council during that time. I was 3 years old when I started, my home was in Victoria Square, Clifton and my ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1942 by Tim Latty

I lived in Chingford from 1935 until 1957. I started school at New Road in 1940 and Miss Jones later Mrs Thornicroft was my very first form mistress. I remember her as a very strict but fair teacher. Her ...Read more

A memory of South Tottenham in 1940 by Alfred Newby

During the war I was evacuated with my family to Dunsmore and we lived in Appletree Cottage, opposite The Fox. I attended Wendover School and returned to London in 1946. At the time Robert Donat lived in ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore in 1940 by Ken Norris

Hello Glenda, my dear. I remember that name - Lighten. Where is Eastern Ave? Is it the road where Trevor Johnson and David Warren lived? Michael Cox there too. Remember him? Now I remember our dads - good mates - ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1940 by Colin Newberry

I attended Ongar Secondary School from 1945 to 1949. Some of the students I remember were Keith Mills (we were longtime friends, he passed away 2005), Len Shuttleworth, Hugh Brace, Brian Buttle, ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Ongar in 1949 by David Lawlor

I was born March 1947 in Guildford Surrey, my father was a serving soldier based in Aldershot. When I was two years old I was sent away to live with my fathers parents in Horden, "family politics". So here I am a ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1949 by Richard Makinson

My sisters, Anne and Mary, and I lived at the Vicarage, 175 Linacre Lane on the corner of Monfa Road. The church was along Monfa Road. We had a Cable Works opposite and during the war there was no canteen but workers ...Read more

A memory of Litherland in 1940 by Lambert Maudsley