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How the War Affected My Family

The morning she received the telegramme my Dad had missed his shift at the pit as he had slept in so he...

Bournemouth at War

She was engaged in munitions at the R.N. Cordite factory Horton Heath during WW1 which meant she was making...

A Day Out in Wartime

Petrol was rationed so Mum and Dad saved coupons so that we could take a picnic into nearby countryside on...

A Child in the Blitz

In 1940 we moved from the shadow of Fulham Power Station, which was a target for bombers, to Merton Road...

The Night Our House Was Bombed

Mum, dad and myself and my brother Les, 10 years and Mike 20 months, were buried in the rubble. Les and...

Evacuee from Portsmouth

I came up to Dodworth as an evacuee from Kingston, Portsmouth with my sister Francesca. In the 1960’s...

Barbed Wire on the Beach

Silly me I couldn't keep it a secret and the poor girl got into trouble for her act of kindness. We...

Miracles Do Happen

It happened quite frequently, as North Lincolnshire was littered with RAF Airfields, and also the enemy...

Early Days of the War

I was five years old living in Riverview, North Shields, and was playing in the back yard with my brother...

Life Can Be An Adventure, Enjoy It

My father was sent to Farmborough aircraft factoryWe lived at Cove and going outside the front door one...

HITLER IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Hitler had boasted that he would be in Buckingham Palace by August. Hitler didn't make it to the...

CYRIL SMITH’S MEMORIES - BOMBS TARGETED FOR WYMONDHAM RAILWAY LINE

The Germans dropped twelve bombs, starting at the Rec down Browick, across the Rec and Meadows; one behind...

Teenager Helping Fire Crews

This entailed riding on the engine with the crew, through the bombing to the fire and cycling back to the...

The Chesters of Greyfriars Walk

My brother Peter who was eight years older than myself was going to school at Queens Park and was on the...

My Family During the War by Edwin Russell Richardson

After training as a Rear Air Gunner on Lancasters, I served with 467 squadron of the Royal Australian Air...

Memories of Ruff Morten

My sister worked for Britain or seas airways by the spa hotel and we sheltered there for several nights,...

Growing up in WW2

My brother Arthur had been called up for the Army ie The Beds and Herts Regiment,my Mother worked in the...

Schoolboy Memories

At the time of the incident dad was on war work at Desford Aerodrome, mam was in the Royal Infirmary after...

A Wartime Child of the New Forest

We were very close to Beaulieu Aerodrome and my parents and Aunty and Uncle entertained many of the RAF...

Memories of American 1st Division

Anne's mother also took in 2 German Refugees from London. Anne visted Normandy for the 50th anniversary...

War Years at Grandmother's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

We were self-evacuated to my grandmother's home in Stroud, Gloucestershire... My only experience was...

Messerschmitts and Rabbits. A View of the War in Luton

I have lived in Park Street in Luton for seventy three years, and can remember the day the landmine landed....

Wartime Schooldays

During 1940 we would see our spitfire and Hurricane fighters having dog-fights with German Messerschmitt...

Wartime Memories

We lived in Stafford Street near the Dereham Road, which was heavily bombed. I remember my son Nigel and a...

Wartime Norton

I remember when bombers came over Malton they flew more or less roof top height. There were 2 picture...

A Young Mother's War

At Worlingham my husband was working on decoys to confuse the Germans by lighting flares. My two-year-old...