Reference
AU10/152/2
Title
Memories of a War Time Child
Date free text
1930s to 2005
Production date
From: 1939 To: 2005
Scope and Content
A handwritten memoir by Joy Richards (nee Kathleen Joy Walker) of Park Street, Ampthill of her time growing up through the Second World War. The file had originally been compiled by Joy for use by her grandchildren for a school project. Joy has included her own recollections, copies of newspaper articles and photographs, and pictures and diagrams. Notable mentions include: evacuees in Ampthill, the Zonita cinema, absence of fathers, the Home Guard, prisoners of war in Ampthill Park, VE and VJ celebrations, children's games, wartime food, and identity cards.
Joy includes a copy of a large photograph of the children and helpers gathered for a Victory party held at the Ampthill Drill Hall on 9th June 1945. Those invited came from Park Hill, Park Street, Brewery Lane, and Woburn Street as well as some evacuees still residing in the area. People identified on the accompanying sheet are:-
Yvonne and Ruby Brinkler;
Pamela and Peter Morton;
Alan and Jill Brown;
June and Anne Robinson;
Joy Walker;
Dennis Shipp;
Richard Churchill;
Pat Shepherd;
Doreen Barker;
Paul and Ann Gower;
Sylvia Rolfe;
June Gillett;
Judith and John Huckle;
Violet Wooding;
Sheila Rollings;
Greta and John Lawson;
Tony Sibley;
Rosie and Sheila Hull;
Tony Webb;
Godfrey Vass;
Richard Day;
Roger Thompson;
May Holliday;
Mary, Linda and Janet Fleet;
Ivan and Marie Young;
Mrs G Day;
Alan Read;
Peggy Hill;
Sally and Hazel Mead;
Rose and Audrey Sindon;
Queenie, Heather and Nola Sharpe;
Connie and Gerald Rolfe;
Doll Starlin.
Level of description
sub-file