Search Results

I was probably in my last year in 1972 sitting in a class room at Ysgol Hirraddug when the rocks rained down. The explosion, at the time, did not seem that dissimilar to a normal explosion but within seconds everything ...Read more

A memory of Dyserth in 1972

We were taken from Leicester on a Sunday School Outing to the Zoo Park. I have very little recollection of the place as I was quite little at the time! I do remember that we were given 'high tea' for which we were ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough in 1965 by Olwen Guildford

In winter time the fog and smog could last several days, and never clear. Coming from a seaside town, I found the first winter very depressing, but after 3 years I did not want to leave. The mills were very impressive, as ...Read more

A memory of Heckmondwike in 1961

This photograph brings back many memories of the Coleford of my childhood. The area round the Town Clock has changed a few times over the years mainly to accomodate the increase in traffic. The building on the far side ...Read more

A memory of Coleford in 1955

I too was evacuated to Westbury when I was about 7 years old, some time around 1940 to 1941. I lived on Warminster Road. We stayed with a family originally from Sydney, Australia. I remember when the ...Read more

A memory of Westbury Leigh in 1940 by Brenda Lowery

I lived along Windsor Lane which became Burnham Lane, also moved Counties from Bucks to Berkshire without leaving our house. The Mill was just down the road and I played with my friend Pam Willingale who later moved to Holyport. At ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham

That was a wonderful write-up by Carol about Sunbury Road and it brought back so many memories of my childhood. I was born in Fulham in 1932 and in 1934 I moved with my lovely parents to Feltham where we first lived over the ...Read more

A memory of Feltham by Ralph Burton

I was born in Park Royal Hospital in Dec 1948. I remember Woolworths in Wembley town had an exit on a corner of the high street and there were trolley buses all round. We used to shop for toys and games in George Arthur's which seemed huge ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1956 by Janet Cockman Nee King

I first got to know Herne Bay in the Second World War as my parents used to send me there from where we lived in Feltham to stay with my grandparents on my mum's side to give me a rest from the bombing. In later years both ...Read more

A memory of Herne Bay by Ralph Burton

I was at Duke’s Wood School in 1940/1 at the age 10 years (I’m not sure whether it was called that at that time). I stayed in the ‘Poplars’ dormitory and, as I recall, there was a veranda at the entrance to the dorm, not ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1941 by Alan Bowman