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I moved to Marchwood in the mid 1960s, I was not very old. We lived in an old house on the edge of the village, called Glengarriff. The old house was pulled down many years ago. I attended Marchwood Primary ...Read more

A memory of Marchwood

My sister and I were evacuated to Wickford in 1940, I was just over 5 years old and my sister 11 years old. We came from the east end of London. We moved into a bungalow with an elderly lady called Mrs Walker, there was also a ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1940 by Leonard Askew

Many years ago I was a window cleaner and would often do my rounds on many of the small estates in Monk Bretton, many of my customers would bring me cups of tea and sandwiches out and in one case an Italian lady invited ...Read more

A memory of Monk Bretton in 1978 by Roland Mitchell

About 1944 my memory of Pescies starts with going to the closed-in swimming pool at the back of the now Law Court, to go there I would be running round to find jam jars from next door then change them in Sainsburys, 1p large ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1944 by Maureen Salle

My birth mother was born in Greenock on September 26, 1926. I have been looking for her for 35 years. She came to Canada before I was born. I was born in 1950 and I don't know if she ever returned. Her name was Rose ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1947 by Maureen Somers

She was launched as a rowing lifeboat, Docea Chapman, and came to Padstow as a relief boat. She was only on station for nine moths then laid up. I am the girl Maureen. Father bought her in 1952 and converted her into a fishing ...Read more

A memory of Padstow in 1960 by Maureen Tatlow

Half way down Garfield Road was the Recreation Ground; better know to all as simply the Rec. It was quiet a large area bounded on one side by Garfield Road and the other by the River Wandle, about which more another ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1954 by David Aubrey

I used to live at Spring Villa on the main road in Birch Vale in the 1970s and what fond memories I have from Birch Vale! My three older brothers and I used to walk up behind the house through some farming land and across to the ...Read more

A memory of Birch Vale in 1970

We had an evacue called Charlie Bond, he came from east London, I wonder where he is now?

A memory of Hinton St George in 1940 by burge_john

I am writing to add my memories to those posted by my sister Sheila McCormack.  My name is Norma (McCormack ) Gibson.  Our grandparents ran this hotel in the 1920s. Their names were Margaret and Cecil Stronnel. They had ...Read more

A memory of Winster in 1920 by Norma Gibson