Memories of an idyllic childhood home in rural Devon in the 50s, modernised a little, still primitive then. Walkers stopped to admire the pretty cottage with pink roses trailing around the garden gate. But living in it was not easy.

My grandmothers and their story (DE) When I was born into this apartment block community on the southern outskirts of Regensburg in 1953,...

The women in our street (DE) I feel as if only women lived in the apartment blocks of my childhood in the 1950s. Of course, this is a...

The children in our road (DE) "Can I go down? Pleeease!!!" was my daily plea to my grandma. This meant that I wanted to go out to play in...

(De): When I grew up, it was important for families with many children and little money to live off the produce from their garden - if...

(DE) The youngest member of my circle of friends, three-year-old Bobby, is almost bursting with excitement waiting for Father Christmas....