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'I didn't like the country'; A Westminster Girl Returns to London by Stella Aiken

'I didn't like the country'; A Westminster Girl Returns to London by Stella Aiken. Many of the...

A Glow in the Night Sky

When the all clear was sounded we would go out to the back garden and watch the glow in the night sky...

Takng in Refugees

The oldest boy, Ronnie, was very plain looking, but he turned out to be a cracking little boy –...

Memories of a Child

I distinctly remember Mum's dressing gown, it was a lovely shade of baby blue and was made of quilted...

When the Docks Went Up

It was quiet for weeks.....for months, after war had been declared and we got blase'about leaving our...

Memories of 1944: A Child in Torquay

At this time we had an American officer, Colonel Storey, billeted with us, and he would often bring...

The Day The Sky Almost Fell

It happened one night that a doodlebug's petrol tank was perforated by British bullets and leaked...

Listening for the Doodlebug

Even as small child I was aware of this silence and the tension as the women concentrated on the...

WW2 Memories: Childhood Memories of Bournemouth and London

My father had a clerical job with Shell, and at the outbreak of war his office was immediately evacuated to...

We Move to Haynes, Beds.

Eventually losing control of the weight, they hurtled though the front door where they went “****...

Evacuee

Specially if one of the animals got free from the cattle market behind the town hall. My Godmother, Sis...

Bombings Over Bristol

Ian's older brother had been dead for two days as the result of a concentrated German bombing raid on...

Based On The Evacuation Story Of: Marguerite F. Gaston

I sat next to a girl with curly blonde hair, she cried more than anyone else, she must have really missed...

Preston,Weymouth,Dorset

From 1941 until 1944 I was living at Winslow Road Preston Weymouth Dorset... I also recall the American...

Childhood Memories of WW2: In Derbyshire

My Dad was in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Guard and on one occasion a Bren Carrier was brought into Glossop Market. I can...

Followed Around West London by Bombs, by Charles Leonard

I came back to London a week after D-Day, I was here during the flying bombs attack on June 13th 1944....

The Day I helped Evacuate the Children

When I worked as a Florist in a famous West End shop, Constance Spry,as a teenager a titled lady customer...

Book Written At School 1941 Part Two - Shoes

To polish footwear it is advisable to use white cream, for coloured polishes are inclined to mark...

A Child's Memories: Evacuated to Egerton

The loose earth and grass sods were placed on top of the steel roof.The air raid sirens disturbed my sleep...

Moving Around

Our parents separated and Mum decided to go to Devon with my youngest brother Geoffrey who was still at...

'They've All Gone': Bombing of a Small Village in Lancashire

They've All Gone': Bombing of a Small Village in Lancashire. Born in 1937, I was brought up in the...

Everybody was Family in the Blitz

My father was a Sanitary Inspector and since for a time after returning to London from evacuation in...

As A Child in the War in Ilford Essex

There I remember hearing the droning of planes, the booming of the anti aircraft guns in Barking park and...

EVACUATED TO WALES - 1940

When mother and father said that my young sister and I had to go and live with our Aunt Amy in Wales...

Being Bombed Out

The bomb dropped while we were in the shelter because we could see all the dust flying down the cracks and...

Dunkirk from the eyes of a 10 year girl

He went to St. Andrews Hospital, Northampton, and later underwent a Leucotomy Operation there to try and...