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Wartime Childhood Memories of Buckden Residents

Select the memories below

Pat Wright

Pat was 20 months old when she moved from London to St Neots

Patsy Gray

Patsy was born and spent her early years in Bradford, Yorkshire

Gwen Gibson

Gwen was born and lived her early years in London

Margaret Smith

Margaret was born in Sussex but evacuated to Yorkshire

Pat Johnson

Pat leaved close to RAF Northolt, a busy wartime near to London 

John Lloyd

John remembers his dad's experiences from the war

Marjorie Rowlands

Marjorie was born and grew up in Yorkshire but had some interesting experiences of the war

Hilda West

Hilda, now aged 103, remembers has experiences as a young woman living in Buckden at the start of the war

Jo Wheeler

Jo was born in Kent but evacuated to Oxforshire

Brenda Hinkley

Brenda lived near Newcastle and has vivid memories of using their garden shelter

Betty Chesterfield

Betty has early memories of war being declared

Sheila Griffiths

Sheila was born in Coventry but evacuated to Shropshire

Betty Mackintosh

Betty remembers Birmingham being bombed

Anon

An anonymous member of the Monday Club has interesting memories of wartime food 

Mary Butler

Mary has interesting experiences as a child living in Stirtloe

Ann Arran

Ann remembers war being declared as a small child aged 5

Ann Pope

Ann lived in Sheffield, a prime target for German bombers

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