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We moved into the spacious four-bedroomed maisonette over Purley Radio in Purley Parade in 1955 and I attended Christ Church primary school, just over the other side of High Street (sadly demolished in 1967). A policeman used to see us ...Read more

A memory of Purley

I was at Rosary Priory in the late 50 from age 5 until I was 9, I think. We lived in Elstree and were picked up in a double-decker each day. I remember Sr Dympna in the ‘kindergarten’ class and the boxes of grey ...Read more

A memory of Bushey Heath by Clare North

My grandmother had a boarding house on Grand Parade on Hayling Island through the fifties into the sixties. Our summer holidays every year were to visit her in Hayling Island with all our extended large ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island

I have few memories of my primary school which was in a private house in Croft Close a turning off of Marsh Lane, but I do remember being very happy there. This was during the latter war years. ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Ron Sargeant

I am 86 but still remember the time at Farley Croft during WWII. My siblings and I were evacuated to Westerham in 1939. Around 1942/46 my sisters Rose, Sylvia and I were taken from the billet we were in and put in Farley Croft ...Read more

A memory of Westerham by rbbrett2004

I went to Dovercourt Convent in 1953, I can remember it very clearly my first day there. My dad took me and I was very sad when he left. There was a very big tree in the garden and a wall we used to run up to have a look ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1953 by Elizabeth Inns (Nee Boagey)

"It's only wind or powder on the stomach"my Mam had said as she walked home from the ammunition factory on a cold Autumn evening. The "wind" or "powder" was born on the 2nd December 1942. I, Colin Gronow, ...Read more

A memory of Graig in 1940 by Colin Gronow

I was born in Consett at 11 Newmarket Street in June 1933, though my parents were living in Norfolk and later on in Middlesex. I was sent back to live with aunts when the Blitz really got going. I went to the CofE ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1940 by Malcolm Hutton

My Great Great Grandfather was James Bradley of Clifton-on-Teme (1853-1931). He died rather dramatically at Tedney Bank in 1931, following the Clifton-on-Teme Hunt. According to family lore, he saw the fox, cried out "There's ...Read more

A memory of Little Merthyr in 1930 by Bryan Mc Cahey

I was evacuated aged 5 years old to Akeley during the war with my mother. I can remember going to the school on the village square and being allowed to play in the field behind when the weather was fine. My ...Read more

A memory of Akeley in 1942 by Pete Smith