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After being bombed out in 1942. We got sent to Cedar Cottage, a thatched bungalow with veranda. It was set into the slope. I went to Sonning Common School and remember Two girl named Clayton who lived along the ...Read more

A memory of Sonning Common by sid

I was born on 24 July 1944 in Frimley Green and emigrated to Canada with my mother in 1945. I recall her telling me that Frimley was bombed during the week while she and I were in the hospital and that she had to cover ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1944 by Terry Jones

My parents were both brought up in the Chiswick/Bedford Park/South Acton area. I was born in 1935 and spent my early years living on the Great West Road near to the Gillette factory. During WWII I spent much time visiting my ...Read more

A memory of Acton by Colin Bowles

As a baby we moved to Park Road from Old Trafford We lived there from 1937 to 1940. My first memory is lying in my pram playing with my toes and watching the birds flying to the terrace. It had three bedrooms and three rooms ...Read more

A memory of Timperley in 1930

My father, Charles Axford, found a mine on the beach in the morning. As it was a hot summers day he carried it into the back room upstairs of the Watch House as he knew many people would be coming & informed ...Read more

A memory of Porthpean in 1944 by Christine Dodgson (Nee.Axford)

I too went to Crowland road school . My sister went there and every day I cried when I had to go home after taking her there. I believe I could kick up quite a fuss because the teacher eventually let me stay . I was three ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1940 by Hettie Quinn

I started life in St Lukes Avenue, just off Clapham High St, then we moved to Belmont Road near Stonehouse Street, as kids our adventure playground was the allotment in Grafton Square and the bombed ...Read more

A memory of Clapham by David Elson

I lived in South Vale until 1963. It was a real community with nice neighbours. I went to Rockmount school and spent hours playing in the park opposite it. The Crystal Palace grounds were fenced off but us kids used to climb over ...Read more

A memory of Upper Norwood by Patricia Franklin

So many shared memories of growing up in Wallington. I went to Holy Trinity from 1945 -1950 I was Marion Kopperman then. I well remember Mrs Harding, Miss Coates and the awful Miss Heathfield, I was terried of her! Like ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1949 by Marion Wood

Born in the North Mid like most people my age (1931), I lived my first 25 years at Tottenham Hale, at the end of Brograve Rd., facing the Station Green. The green had a nice fence around it before the war when ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by Peter Mackin