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The shop that was operated by my grandmother at New Mill Bridge was home to me and my family during the Second World War. It was a haven where the madness of the war seemed to be so very remote and in a way, ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Walsh in 1941 by Antony Cook

As well as Tony Lee’s riding stables behind the Crown there was another one run by Mrs Dudeen which you found by riding down the side of the cinema and the stables were at the back. I used to help by mucking out and grooming and getting ...Read more

A memory of Selsey by chapmanlee

I recall living at my grandparents' house at Annesley Mount from 1960 - 1966. .A formidable character lived at number 88 Annesley Mount, known to my grandparents as Parson Bullock. He shared the house ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by michaelpeterpeyton

From 1944 to 1947, aged four to seven, I had tuberculosis and was a patient at Lord Mayor Treloar's Hospital in Alton, during which time I spent six months at the convalescent hospital in Sandy Point. ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by margaretandchris

My mother was evacuated from Liverpool because of the May blitz of 1941. She was 7. We have just been over for the 80th commemorative ceremony and exhibition in Penmairmayr with her and my 2 sisters...it was very sad and at the same ...Read more

A memory of Llanfairfechan by houricansiobhan1

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

I hit my 60th birthday at the end of last September. I look back over my life which took a few detours over the years with very fond memories of my primary school life. I adore my 4 children and great ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by andreaforeman

I went to Belmont school about 1944 to 1950 when I changed due to 11 plus and went to Coloma Convent in Tavistock Road Croydon My very best friend was Gill Stokes and we were a very saucy pair and did everything together. We ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by j.hammans

I used to visit two ladies in Bradley during the war years,Arvind and Bessie Walker. Bessie taught me at Stonefield junior school and always rode a bicycle to school.When I visited her home she used to take me on the back of her ...Read more

A memory of Bilston by clarepstockton

HI, I lived at 14 Aspel Street, Newton Heath, Manchester 10, and I went to Hague Street primary school from 1956 to 1965, then on to Saint Mary's secondary school. We were very poor and unfortunately, due ...Read more

A memory of Newton by amour429017