My husband was away at war and he used to send me lovely things from abroad — nylon stockings with...
I was born at 47, Balby road,Doncaster,Yorkshire. The son of William Kennnett, a schoolteacher at...
Nellie was Patrick's mother and someone who would not be in debt... But Nellie did not want to take the...
I started working in 1943 in the Co-op grocery until my husband was demobbed in 1946. I was very lucky...
Jack got engaged just before going off to war, he was the most friendly, nicest person you could imagine......
A neighbour on leave from the Navy, asked me if I would go to a dance at the Carlton Ballroom in Rochdale....
My Gran was a Catholic and my mum was a Protestant — dad switched when it came to school — we...
As a teenager I remember the wonderful street parties and the euphoric atmosphere with the flags and...
When sweets first went on ration, my father put away some Cadbury's Milk Chocolate in the loft and when...
After being billeted in France in 1940, my brother Alf came home on leave... In later correspondence the...
Looking for a Lost Relative...
My Grandad served in the world war for a long time but he didnt do the killing he was part of some...
Two on a bike in Bicester, as told by Ronald Haynes. Ted Goble was a Special Constable and on duty over...
My aunt, Linda Hibberd is on the right. She died crossing a level crossing whilst working driving a lorry...
My mother had two young boys as evacuees and they loved her banana sandwiches which she made by boiling...
It was the only bomb that dropped in Hereford....
I was living in Hyde all this time, and I remember the air raids well... And once two bombs dropped in...
One night in 1941 bombs dropped on Alfreton. Mr Olen Renshaw of Prospect Street, Alfreton was killed on...
I was stationed in Nevis, an island next to St Kitts in the West Indies. One day the local doctor came to...
I was a lad during the war... We used to grow our own stuff, get permission to kill our own pig for...
I was the youngest of 7, Irene, Marjory, Jack, Wilfred, Lavender, Trevor... I was a whipping block for them...
My Auntie who lived in Coventry was in bed one night when an incendiary bomb through the roof, she jumped...