Kathleen Mayfield Ninety one-year-old great grandmother Kathleen Mayfield is no stranger to children. She brought up six of her own.
Ken PidcockKen Pidcock calls his bungalow at Lark Hill Village ‘Little Africa.’ African artefacts are everywhere, presents from the students he taught while he was there. On the living room wall there is a photograph of a lion, African art adorns the walls.
Fred ThompsonFred Thompson was just six years old when he was evacuated to America to protect him from harm after the outbreak of war. It was five years later, and the end of the war, when he saw his parents again.
Beryl PoulsonAt 86 Beryl Poulson can still remember the wartime bombing raid that happened when she was a child.
Barbara WebbWhen Barbara Webb was a child the doctor warned she may not live past the age of five. She was in hospital regularly during her early years. She had pneumonia, and when she was a year old she had polio which affected her arm and leg and meant she was in an iron lung for six months.