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WW2 memories of a young boy — Part 1

Sometimes my father would bring me out of the shelter to see a German plane over Liverpool or Birkenhead,...

Housewife in Weymouth and Portland

On returning from Weymouth to Portsmouth after a spell of sick leave, he was sent to join a ship at...

One Little Piggy

One day the Farmer was passing in his pony and trap, and he pulled up and got out of the trap and...

Memories of Norfolk

Even then the Germans were still sending over the V.1 bombers which we called the doodle-bugs which were...

DEJA VUE - LILIAN'S STORY

Bombs seemed to follow Ronnie around as on one occasion he was in the Odeon cinema in Gateshead when one...

World War II Childhood - part 2

One day during a rare visit by my sister, my nephew, her son, told her how really unhappy we were with this...

GROWING UP IN WARTIME BRITAIN: 1939 - 1945 Chapter 3 Victory and the Aftermath

Unfortunately for the children at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ House, the Duddingston wardens had decided to commandeer our...

Life in Hamburg during WW2

As it turned out, our prayers were answered and our luck was in the British army came marching into...

Memories of a War Baby - Part Four

More doodlebugs fell on Croydon than any other borough in London. Acknowledgements and thanks to; My Father...

Recollections of wartime

I was born on 11 March 1930 and lived at The Vicarage, Flamstead, St Albans, Hertfordshire where my father,...

Wee Donald's Recollections of WW2

My mother, and I assume my the younger of my sisters, joined a number of other ladies and their children...

Recollections of World War II

My father was posted to Northern Ireland, my mother returned to London and the Blitz and I was sent to stay...

My war memoirs from aged 4 1/2 to 10 1/2 by Colin Maughan

After one of my visits to Newcastle I wrote to my cousin Jack. Cousin Jack had made the supreme sacrifice...

My Exciting War

One of my best friends at Bassetts', Mary Coyle, had already volunteered for the Women's Land Army...

A Childs War Years

One activity for us children was to collect any metal objects that people did not want such as old...

Mary Terry's World War II - Part 1

Later, I told Doc about Hungary and he seemed to think it was a very good idea and would like me to...

Wartime Memories of Doreen Atchelor 1939 aged 4years

Part II Return

By the middle of 1941 the decision had been taken to re-open the school in Birmingham and whilst many...

'My Uncle, The Pawnbroker' by Anne Stone (1st excerpt)

Mum and dad slept upstairs, but Ivy, Chris and I had beds in the downstairs back room... He and Ivy shared...

A collection of stories from Somerset

One day when Terry was walking down the street with his friends, when a German fighter plane came down low...

The story of the life of an ordinary little boy living during the second world war. Pt 3

Unbeknown to me at the time, mum and dad liked the Cotswolds so much that they were planning to buy a...

War Time Memories

That took the inspiring name of Coley Hill Terrace probably because the railway line from the colliery,...

An 11 year old boy`s war in Skipton

MY LIFE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR By Ernest W. Dodding I lived in Hellifield railway village, 10 miles...

War as an Incentive!

As the war progressed, and bombing became more common - army installations were all around us, and as my...

The Sea Was In Their Blood

My mother recalls the dreaded telegram of those days which they received whilst stationed in Kirkwall,...

School boy's experience of War

Brother: Royal Navy 1943 - 46 Sister: Womens Land Army 1945 - 7 Self: RAF 1946-48 Uncle: Army: Nottinghamn...