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A schoolgirls wartime Doncaster

Fire engines were brought from all over Doncaster and outlying districts, and my dad manned the fire...

Wartime Memories - A Midlander Remembers

This brought little comfort and within a day or so of the outbreak we learned that the passenger liner...

Butcher boy to RAF gunner (Victor Easen)

Following Dunkirk, I can remember, as a 15 year old, cycling along Brighton sea front looking out to sea...

my wartime memories part 1

Once these mantles had been used once and had burnt off you had to be very careful when you light them...

MEMOIRS TO GRANDSON PART 1

Auntie Kathleen and my cousin Dorothy Coomer were to be my bridesmaids, as also was Grandad's cousin...

Zeist - Part 1

Wim had heard about my predicament and through contacts with local friends, he knew about a children's...

Looking Back Part 3

I know the ATS had a bad reputation, goodness knows why, but all the time I was in the army, only 1...

Family Tree - Part One

Nan had a dog called “Chum” but they had him put down just after the Blitz started, after Dad...

THE AIR RAID WARDEN

One night after the air raid siren had gone he dutifully went about his business checking windows ,he saw a...

"Salford and Manchester docks were always attacked and we lived nearby"

We lived in the Ordsall area of Salford, near Manchester, about 10 minutes walk from the docks. I went with...

Evacuation from Birmingham to Pipewood School Blithbury Staffordshire September 1940-1942

By the time I was due to start at Conway Road Girls School in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham at the...

A small child's war: Part 2

But then when at morning assembly the headmaster asked us to pray for Bernard Saunders or Antony Stenhouse...

dungannon

The border between the North and South was very difficult to police, so very strict rules were in force...

Peggy Ivory remembers war time in Chadwell Heath

We never knew whether we would arrive in London at Liverpool Station or somewhere else — one day we...

Wartime Childhood Memories - Part 3

He got to know some of those brave, young men very well and I remember being presented with a wonderful...

A Child's War, Part 1

There were also many beautiful parks in Salford such as Buille Hill Park, with its wonderful museum, tennis...

Roy's childhood memories

We sometimes saw the night sky over London and heard some very very distant noises at night, but there...

An evacuee's memories of life in wartime Bedford - Part Two - The freedom of living in Bedford.

My dad, who was in the Civil Defence in London, he suddenly, I had no idea he was coming to Bedford, but...

From Children's ��ѿ��ý to luxury on Somerset farm.

Apart from the garden my grandfather's principle occupation was to sit on the kitchen steps and shoot...

hal evans

1940 I was twelve years of age when the second World War was declared,living on the Manor Estate in the...

Wallsend in wartime- bombing and evacuation

Wallsend was still a dangerous place because of the shipping but families lived very close together - quite...

Hitler and my Grandfather - Chapter 5

My maternal grandfather who we lived with until my brother was born was one of the most despicable people...

ST AUSTELL WARTIME MEMORIES 1 of 2

My brother, who was 4 years older than me, was at that time, in the Cornwall Constabularly and stationed at...

A Grandma's World War

Born Marjorie Stones in 1915 in Lancashire, she later moved with her family to Birkenhead, where she...

A conversation about the war Part 1/5 civilian and RAF.

These canals were of great aid to the Germans so the sooner we blocked them the better Rose: He came home,...

Sheila Oxley Carver - My war time memories

Sadly Granddad Oxley was just recovering from a bad stroke which had affected his mind and so he said to...