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I was born at West View, Stanley in August 1939. My father bought 2 cottages and knocked them into a very large house. I had 5 older siblings and my mother's father lived with us. Our family name was House. I loved every ...Read more

A memory of Stanley in 1940 by rene.herriman

A precised extract from the chapters in my biography relating to wartime evacuation, and particularly to Garnant. I stared morosely out of the window and watched the landscape slip by as the steam train chugged its way through ...Read more

A memory of Garnant in 1940 by James Tait

Reading past memories of Walsh Manor brings back memories of mine. At about 1937 we moved in to the cottage at the manor as my grand parents part-ran the manor with a Mr Lindred. The manor then was a home for severely disabled and ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough in 1940 by Donald Hicks

As a small boy, my father-in-law Derek Munson was evacuated with his siblings to Crawley. They stayed at a farm house (which was later owned by Peter Butterworth - any further info on this would be much appreciated) but used to go to ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1940 by Jo Munson

Lived in Eltham from 1940, when Dad was in Artillery, and off to France, came back injured from Dunkirk, but alive, just ! Homes were, Rancliffe Gdns, Milburn Gdns, and Meadowside. Lovely road with unrestricted views across what is now ...Read more

A memory of Mottingham in 1940 by Peter Russell

I remember going to the Odeon every Saturday morning, it cost 6d (about 2 new pence). We used to go to the 'pictures', as it was called then, as a family most weeks, and I well remember coming out at the end of the ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1940 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

This is not a memory but if anyone has any information about the Eaton Hall Emergency Maternity Hospital, Eaton Road, East Retford, Notts, I would be very grateful to hear from ...Read more

A memory of Eaton in 1940 by Margaret Reynolds

I lived at 4 Fairlands Avenue, Buckhurst Hill. My parents moved there just before the Second World War, and I was born in April 1939. I well remember W.C.French Ltd's yard next to Fairlands Avenue fronting the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Richard Moules

"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

Although originally from Manchester my parents were living in Filton when I was born in Cheltenham in December 1941. My father, like the majority of men in that area worked at what was then the BAC. He worked at the Rodney Works ...Read more

A memory of Filton in 1940 by Frieda Curnow