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John Martins War (Part 1)

I have many happy memories of my schooldays, which were spent, at Dover Secondary Boys School. Whilst...

Evacuation of Children

I did worry in my young mind about mum and dad being in Plymouth during the air-raids, especially in the...

A Child's Memory of WW2 in Germany

I was born 1932 in Schleswig, North Germany and enjoyed a happy childhood in a close-knit family.My baby...

Carefree times of a young lad growing up in wartime Preston, Lancashire

Franklin's parents were Harold Tyrer and Sarah Jane Tyrer. Maureen, Franklin's younger sister...

Ken Sweet's Memories of War as a Schoolboy: Part 1 - Early War Years

One day a group of us from Bethel spent a day on Crinnis Beach, and had just started our walk home when...

Wartime Memories, Part 1

I was an art student at the Royal Salford College of Art, doing well in all subjects - Maths, History,...

Childhood Memories of Wartime Wigan

Sugar, lard, butter, cheese, meat and sweets were all rationed, with a meagre amount allowed for each...

Life on the Domestic Front 1939-45

Windows were wholly or partially painted with black paint and crossed with sticky paper to lessen the...

Crewing an LST from the USA to the UK. Part 1

Soup, Roast Beef, mashed potatoes, Baked Beans, small plate of lettuce Creamed Cheese & Pineapple,...

War from a school boy's perspective

Memories of Wartime

Of course, Chamberlain was a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham before he went into National Politics. My dad...

John Jory Evacuee Chapter2

Mum writes to Auntie —Auntie sends sweet coupons to Mum -Mum sends me a food parcel every month....

Pillaton Stories - Part Two

Opposite Saltash station was a house with a cycle park where we left the bikes and carried on by train,...

A Grandstand View of the Battle of Britain

After about a year, all but about 15 boys and 1 master had returned to Ashford and the remnants were merged...

Ringshall to Ipswich and back... part 2

It was the fashion to have long hair and Paddy said one girl would keep a lookout for ‘father’...

A young Hitchin girl's life during the war.

Dad did fire watching Mum made blackout curtains from some material from the market... Mum was thrilled and...

what a difference

It shook we children , the Tallents, the gardeners Edgar, Eric and Maurice, the maids Janet Beatrice,...

The Morning After (Sheffield 'Blitz') — Part 2

Our official employer was the Lincoln and Kesteven War Agricultural Board, who had the authority to tell...

World war two

Although Mum and Dad tried to hurry me past the scene I was aware of the ARP and police bringing people out...

Life in Surrey during World War Two

When Uncle Leslie went to register our whereabouts with the local council he was told that, due to the...

Norman Mason's Memories Relating to WW2

I used to go up to the pits around mid-day during school holidays to take food to them and to watch the...

My life in Barningham winter. 1938 to 1945.

Soon after the war started, we were glad to run indoors as German fighters and bombers flew in from the...

The Nottingham Bombing.

torn down the Congreave's front door which opened into a passage way and the cellar door which was...

"Teddy"Wheeler's War-a teenager grows up

In 1939 we had our last summer holiday in Portsmouth.We saw a German navy boat anchored there and German...

U.S. Navy at Plymouth, Devon by Ken Roberts - Part Two

Plymouth's final German air raid took place at the end of April 1944 and the US troops - Army and Navy...

A boy's eye view of WW2 (part 6)

This meant I had to sit an entrance examination to Blackpool Technical College so I could attend school as...