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The journey up to and across London to King's Cross Station in 1944 for a 4-year old boy was exciting enough, but our adventure had only just begun. Holding my mother's hand tightly, we ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1940 by Raymond Hay

Although I was born in Aldis St in 1934 we moved to Morden when I was 2 months old, but I do have fond memories of Tooting. During the war we used to sleep on the Underground platform at Tooting Broadway or Balham. One night a ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1940 by Rita Ford

Does anyone remember the Tip and Mount Pud with the cave at the top? This wonderland was at the bottom of Hollingwood but it's all cleared now. We used to play there all the time. There were hard rainbow coloured stones which we I used ...Read more

A memory of Hollingwood in 1947 by Don Rawding

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

We had a Doctor called Andrew Forbes who had his surgery above the shops.He called me his pinup girl,as everytime i had to see him as a child i had my knickers held up with safety pins !! Nearly 20 yrs later he attended the birth of my first baby ,a home birth ,and remembererd his pinup girl

A memory of East Boldon in 1946 by Enid Stephenson

My grandparents lived at The Cottage in South View, Uppingham for 40 years from 1908 where he was a well known Director of Music at the public school. From a very early age during the second world war I made my first ...Read more

A memory of Uppingham in 1943 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

I have only just found this site. I was born in 1944 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, my Mom was sent there as bombs were falling still in the London area and Woodford was still getting there fair share. We lived in an alleyway ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1947 by Brian Staines

Growing up during war years and having to spend many nights in the Anderson shelter at bottom of garden. School was only half days for a while and when my brother started he had to go to neighbouring houses where ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1940 by Patricia Lloyd

I was also born at Perivale Maternity but in 1942. We lived for many years in Oldfield Lane three doors away from the Station which I remember the P.O.Ws working on. I finished my school years at Costons ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1942

Hi Peter, I remember the Thompkins was it the baker or was that the Cheneys? Joe Smith was the newsagent who used to treat the kids to a summer outing by train every summer. We used to get a new florin and a ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1949 by Susan Hindle Nee Wesley