EarlyYears

A Broseley Cockney’s War. A few thoughts delivered to the Broseley Local History Society ‘Wartime Memories’ Evening. London His family lived in Walthamstow but local member Vin Callcut was born in the City of London Hospital, Finsbury Square, so is undeniably a true Cockney. By the time war broke out he was four years old … Read more

The school intake of 1946 must have had some unusual characters. Returned to Walthamstow after the wartime evacuations or recovering from the trauma of the blitz, we were all probably looking forward to the rest of our school lives being stable. For me this was my sixth school in as many years, some being around … Read more