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CLARE THOMSON - MY GOOD COAT, EASTER TUESDAY 1942

It cost £3.00 more than my Dad earned in a week, but my Mum did not hesitate — muttered under...

A Few Incidents in the War

I was indoors when the children upstairs came in and told my sister, brother and me to get bags as 'The...

Jean Lewin's Wartime Memories.

About halfway up the sides of the shelter were angle irons, Dad fixed a plank along each side and Mum made...

Wartime memories of an aeroplane enthusiast living in Bedford - Part One

He said, ‘Well, I'm the Commanding Officer of 134 Squadron of Bedford Air Training Corp and we...

A Schoolboy at War Part 2

Escape to the Land Army

Present:- Neville Usher Mrs. Mary Baker. Neville Usher: Today is the 31st of May, 2005 and we are at 34...

Jean Bates Wartime at School and in the WTSR

She also taught at a school based at a hotel opposite the Watersmeet Hotel, known as the Tate School, which...

World War 2 - A Boy's story (Part 2)

After breakfast, we children washed up, sang carols and looked at the presents ‘Father...

MEMORIES OF A BOYHOOD IN BRISTOL 1939-45

I lived with my parents and younger brother in Glenfrome Road Eastville Bristol. They made parts for wooden...

A School Girls War

There were Air Raid Wardens W.V.S.. L.D.V. Local Defence Volunteers- later to be the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Guard , Ambulance...

The Bombing of Leeds

My mum Ivy Lambert and her older sister Winifred lived around the area of Armley Jail in Leeds during the...

W.W.II As a Small Boy PART2

Now these men with the white spots who spoke a different language became quite friendly with us; one day...

1938-1939

Plans for the removal of children from London were already in hand in September 1938, and Ralph's Kit...

MEMORIES OF A BOYHOOD IN BRISTOL 1939-45

I lived with my parents and younger brother in Glenfrome Road Eastville Bristol. They made parts for wooden...

A Child's Memoirs by John Austin

Unlike some inland ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Guards armed with broomsticks, the Clacton contingent had rifles and machine guns...

A Child’s War, The German Occupation Of Guernsey — As Seen Through Young Eyes.

A Child's War, The German Occupation Of Guernsey — As Seen Through Young Eyes. The story of my...

Growing up in war time Cheddar

The next day dad drove through Bristol, passing still-burning buildings and back to the safety of Cheddar...

Making do - hard times for a wartime boy in Bolton

That was my first recollection of war, but in reality it was to do with the blitz in Manchester and...

DO OUR BIT

We all had our own places in the shelter, mum my small sister and me were at the far end away from...

Children From The Big Town.

No fuss, we just all got on the bus arriving later at Stanley Common, between Derby and Ilkeston. the light...

Memories of College Years 1941-1944

Torquay during the years of the Second World War was a restricted area and made up of Residents, College...

ww2 Evacuation frm West Norwood, St.Clouds Road, 1939

I was hungry ALL the time I was in Norfolk, and even though they kept chickens, the eggs were allocated to...

Amy and Miriam; evacuee sisters from Yorkshire

Amy and Miriam are two sisters who were both evacuated from Hull to an East Riding village when they were...

GRANDMA'S WAR MEMORIES

Because of the dockyard, the numerous storage depots and the naval establishments in and around the...

A schoolgirl in Darnall

My Mum was working in the W.V.S. and had to be on duty at the Attercliffe Vestry Hall which was a...

childhood memories

We children had great fun playing wild games, like hunting for Germans with our toy guns pursuing an...