Voices of Kingstanding
27 published memories in War Years.
Joyce Fowle · 1940s · Kingstanding Circle
My brother and I spent many an hour in all sorts of weather in the war waiting for delivery of cakes if lucky you got one shillings worth then there was a shop in between I think it was a grocers…
Read the full memory: Queuing for Wimbush’s cakes in wartimeRay Malvern · 1940s · Cranbourne Road School
I was at Cranbourne Rd. School from about 1940 to 1946. If I remember right kids could start before their fifth birthday at the time to allow mothers to go to work.
Read the full memory: Stuck in the shelters at home time
Richard Wall · 1940s · The Odeon
Attended the matinees in 1944, singing along to lyrics projected with a bouncing ball, children tipping up the seats during the action scenes.
Read the full memory: Singing along with the bouncing ball, 1944