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Late in Feb 1945 (I think it was the 25th) I was at Geary's school when during the dinner break a neighbour of my own age Sheila Solomon told me that my house had been bombed. At the time I lived at 39 ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1945 by John Zammit

My family moved to Watford in 1953 to a large house in Rosslyn Road, a side road within a few yards of the Rickmansworth Road right opposite the Town Hall concert hall entrance. I spent virtually all my childhood there plus the ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1953 by J Lawrence Prior

My dad was a driver for the Venture Bus Company, we lived in Greenside not far away and in 1962 I went to Hebburn Technical College to do a two-year secretarial course. At this time, living in a pit village, girls ...Read more

A memory of Victoria Garesfield in 1962 by Pauline Tweddell Stafford

My mother-in-law has just passed away and we found this in her papers. My years at Stanford-le-Hope Laundry. I lived in a village where my mum and family had lived for generations. A signpost at the top of our lane said ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1930

Burley Woodhead. We lived in Shotover from my birth in 1942 until approx 1957. My parents moved into the house and the village 1939. When my brother Roger was born in Bingley in 1946 I ...Read more

A memory of Burley in Wharfedale in 1950 by Michael Inman

At the end of Villiers Street and on the opposite side of Whitehall Road was an iron footbridge that crossed the railway line. There was a mechanical signal just below the bridge. In these days when private cars were a ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

My grandparents lived in this village, or rather in the lanes round about it. The Tyndale Monument, which we referred to simply as 'The Monument', was accessible only on foot, and in those days was all sealed up as it ...Read more

A memory of North Nibley by rolfes16

The present commemorations of VJ Day bring back happy memories of Caerau. I stayed there briefly at that time while my father worked as a locum for a Dr Llewelliyn. I was very young, but I remember being very happy there. I played ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1945 by Ann Macaulay

Having left London to live in WGC in 1957, our family often went back to visit relatives so that was one of our most regular excursions. In the fifties and sixties we did not have a car and nor did many of our ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1963 by Ken Barker

I was born in 1948 and lived in Waddon Court Road until 1963. I remember the joy of Waddon Ponds just three doors away, and rRunning the gauntlet with the park keepers such as 'Pegleg', a cruel nickname following the 'legend' of a leg ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Robert Shaw