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Sharing memories: a taped reminiscence session about life during the war

We never really went hungry, there was always food on the table, not a lot, but mind you if Mum made a...

Memories of a War Time Baby

There was no reason why our area should be attacked, which was one of the reasons why city children were...

THREE WEEKS IN THE U.S.A.

I booked a bed for 50c at the Red Shield Club in 46th Street, and was given an invitation to dinner at...

KOOTWIJKERBROEK - Part 1

Ursula and Rita shared a bedroom with a four-posted bed each, draped in clouds of organza. Rita and Ursula...

Recollection and Reflections

I was due to attend college in September 1940, and had had to go to a local school and observe the teachers...

Recollection and Reflections

I was due to attend college in September 1940, and had had to go to a local school and observe the teachers...

INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE IN SHANGHAI

I was a schoolgirl aged nearly ten when the American base at Pearl Harbour was bombed by the Japanese and...

You are a cockney Bastard ?

Although I was less than 5 years old I do remember the day that war was declared Mum was cooking Sunday...

schooldays during the second world war - part two

The school sometimes arranged school visits for us, to the Russell Coates Museum which was interesting, to...

EXPERIENCES OF AN EVACUEE - 1

No-one was willing or able to take four girls together, so Maureen was placed with me and Joan and Rita...

Nancy’s Memories of Life in the Women’s Land Army

Years later when Westcote Barton Manor became a private residence again, as ie any land girls as they could...

'Memories of Past Years' CHAPTERS 1 - 2

My parents had a small grocery and sweet shop in the house, which my mother ran whilst my father traded...

The war begins - Part 1

Somehow though, Streatham was already a long way away as we marched down the platform, there was kindness...

War Memories - with a song and dance and a huge explosion

Although a few bombs descended on the area most of the raids were intended for the Rolls Royce factory...

The Death Of A Brother, A Small Boy's Evacuation

Hoping against hope that my brother would return, and needing to nurse the business, my parents sent me...

The Lost Years - Chapter 1 (4)

It was snowing heavily and I was not sure of the district or the addresses of the customers which were...

The Day War Broke Out

Stockings were virtually impossible to get, and in Belfast, most girls queued up each week at a chemist...

The Apprentice - Part 1

Come morning I cycled back home to Starbank Road, washed and changed,, ate, then caught the bus in Hobmoor...

W.E.I.G.H.T.S.

Lots of children were bombed out in the night, as we would discover next day at school, with Jean or...

The Day War Broke Out

Stockings were virtually impossible to get, and in Belfast, most girls queued up each week at a chemist...

MY TIME AS AN EVACUEE

Northampton was on the flight path to Coventry and although we only had one bomb drop in a field and...

The Colemans evacuation to Northampton from London

Pat and Eileen Coleman's evacuation to Northampton from London. Pat went in Northampton and when I got...

The story of the life of an ordinary little boy living during the second world war. Pt 1

My mother had a cousin, Edith Morgan, who was a teacher and taught in a village in the Cotswolds named...

Childhood Memories of WWII

The air raids soon spread to the other major cities throughout the country including Liverpool but London...

Wartime Childhood at Pitchford Park Farm, Shropshire

The farm track the pig was overhanging was occasionally used by members of the public to get to Frodsley...

Part 2 - Early War Memories

Later my mum told me the boy had drowned before his sister could rescue him and that she had received a...