I was taken from Surrey to Blackpool, Lancashire in 1942 at age 7 when my widower father became worried in […]

When Mr Chamberlain announced that we were at war with Germany, I was five years old and attending Brown Hill […]

Like Hazel, I was only 3 when war broke out so memories until the early 40s escape me.   We lived […]

Obviously, I have no personal memories of VE Day, but my mum often mentioned that she – then aged just […]

V.E day celebrations in Godalming were centred around a big bonfire on the Lammas Land with a firework display as […]

Regarding VE day, my father and I were amongst the crowds outside Buckingham Palace, it was terribly exciting. Suddenly a […]

Well done to Colin for stirring us up about VE day memories. Needless to say, I am the person he […]

VE Day, 8th of May, 1945. Reminiscences of a Country Lad. I was born at Dunsfold in Surrey. I started in […]

At the time of writing this (April 2020), the OGA committee has decided that the 90th-anniversary reunion will go ahead […]

At 11.00 a.m. on 11th November 2019 several Old Godhelmians, amongst them, Marta Riddle (née Grabiec), Rod Weale and Marian […]