Irene Hayes was a child during WW2. she lived in the village of Newbiggin, on the North East coast of...
My first inkling that something strange and unusual was afoot was in 1939 when, at the grand old age of...
The good ladies of Nelson came along to the hall and told the organisers their preferences, i.e. 'a...
One year after we had been at war, Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York, had many employees who offered to...
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I watched the blitz on Hull from my bedroom window. Father was employed in the National Provincial Bank in...
The Guernsey Children's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ returns after the German Occupation....
He was on duty as soon as the siren sounded and would put on his special navy woollen trousers, jacket and...
Other times they had fruit, apples, bananas, oranges... I went virtually every day in hope of an apple, an...
And dancing in classes like Morris dancing as we often did demonstrations for visitors and then dancing...
On the 8th May 1945, I was convalescent in hospital, because on my barrage balloon site, we had night duty,...
We could see Manchester on fire, and it was pretty frightening as there was no way of knowing where the...
His first words were “A school has been bombed at dinner time, with all those dear children and...
The Civil Defence in Nottingham were calling on people to join, and so I volunteered....
Like most London children we were evacuated to the country, so that we were safe.My mother came with us on...
The flying bombs were destined for London but many fell short of their target exploding in the North East...
He was stationed at Blackpool and I remember going with my Mum to stay there for a few days before he went...
All over Cairo there was a frenzy of activity as secret papers were burnt and floated through the streets,...
In Church Road and Castle Road houses had doors blown off and windows came out... I had three brothers in...
When I was 8 years old I was evacuated from Birmingham to Halesowen together with my brothers Ted and Dave....
I remember, I remember, the days before the war When sweets were off the ration And there were oranges...
I remember when a bomb dropped nearby in King Street, all the children were looking at it. Dinner was meat...
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